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(CPS) - 1987 graduates did not fare as badly in the job market as the experts had predicted, according to a report from the College Placement Council (CPO.
In its annual review of how well students did in getting jobs, the council - a nationwide association of campus ' placement officers * said a lata spring flurry of companies recruiting on cam¬ pus helped slavage what had been a "alow" recruiting year at the nation's campuses.
While companies always visit more in the spring, said CPC's Dawn Gulick, "We were surprised at how it picked up."
Gulick said many companies, par¬ ticularly those in sluggish industries such as oil, were hesitant to kick off aggressive recruiting earlier in the academic year. Those companies took a harder look at their hiring needs before
-2 .
market holds up
extending offers to graduating students, aha said.
Many companies, unstable due , to corporate mergers or budget cuts, also waited before recruiting, Gulick added.
Other companies visited campuses earlier in the year but but later decided . to hire more people during,the spring, often making better salary offers.
But this late boom was not universal. The CPC's survey of its member schools found technical, engineering, computer science and accounting majors suffered a tighter job market than liberal arts graduates.
Corporate offers to 1987 humanities grads jumped by 29 percent since last year, with starting salaries rising 5 percent to an average $20,25$.
Accounting graduates also enjoyed higher average salaries • up 2.5 percent from last year - but fielded 16 percent
Calendar of Events
The Associated Students
will sponsor an AS information booth today from 10 am. to 2
p.m. in the Free Speech Area.
The, Associated Students
Legal and Legislative Committee will meet today at 2 p.m. In College Union320. \
The A.S. Senate win meet today in College Union 312^14 at 3 p.m.
The Hispanic Business Students Association will hold a club meeting today at 7 p.m. inCo»eoeOnton311B.
"Brazil 10 Works on Paper wiH be on display at the Phebe Contey Art * Gallery through October*
A Beyond War meeting win be hew Wednesday at 5.-30 p.m. in Colege Union 310. Everyone is welcome.
Journalism students can. "come out and meet the^ person behind your Journalism professor4' at the Journalism Student-Faculty Mixer Wednesday, Sept 9 in Old
Cafeteria 200 from 630 p.m. to 8.-00 p.m. Sponsored by Sigma
Delta Chi.
The Society of
Automotive Engineers will hold a general meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. in Industrial Arts 154.
Game Theory wiH be
performing in the Satellite College Union Friday. Tickets are $3 for CSUF students, $4 for general admission and $5 the day of the show.
A Back to School Dance
sponsered by the Hispanic Business Students Association wi be hew Friday in Lab School 101. The dance starts at 9 p.m. and wfft feature Top 40 music by Control Admission is $3. -
Come end reggae with the Babylon Warriors and special guest Mojo Symphony at the Satellite College Union, Saturday, Sept 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are • $2.50 CSUF students, $4 general and $5 clay of the show.
fewer jobs.
Petroleum engineering graduates got a resounding 82 percent fewer job offers last year, while their starting salaries plummeted almost 7 percent, to $30,816.
Mechanical engineers received 31
percent fewer job offers compared to last year, and jobs, offered to electrical engineers dropped 36 percent. Com¬ puter science graduates were offered 28 percent fewer jobs.
The year wound up being better for liberal arts," said Jim Keene of the State University of New York-Stony Brook. It was not as good for engineering.''
Keene believes many companies are eschewing students with limited degrees for "Jhose who can think in general terms."
While engineering and science majors at Slippery Rock University in Penri- sylvania were in demand, placement counselor Sam Gagliardo added, "Dur¬ ing the last five years, the tendency has been that recruiters are going fcnj liberal arts itudents."
Technical field grads do fare better,he said, if they have got some English or history classes under their belts.
"There's a slight breeze'' towards hir¬ ing liberal arts graduates, but it is not "a gale," said Gagliardo. Liberal arts students are usually offered lower end jobs in fields such as retail and customer service.
"It's not that there's this sudden burst of activity towards hiring liberal arts majors," said Boyd Armstrong of the University of Houston's 'placement office. "But liberal art majors are usually more flexible, and they are not already stereotyped by employers."
Bruce Johnston of Humbolt State College in California claimed that it is because humanities majors have lower job expectations than others and are more willing to work outside their field of study.
Others speculate liberal arts majors are doing better because companies are changing the way they recruit.
Grades are no longer as important as the total individual, the student's activities, whether or not they worked their way through college, or things of. that sort, said Laurie Ray of the University of Southern California's placement office.
ITS TIME!!!
Applications For Coordinator and Sub-committee Positions ARE AVAILABLE NOW!!! -Join the fun- Pick up an application in C.U. 306 DEADLINE-SEPT. 18,1987
tage Days
Cahtnir at %t.ttt> \rnn**\tt\ * >r>\m>
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Title	1987_09 The Daily Collegian September 1987
Alternative Title	Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno)
Publisher	Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif.
Publication Date	1987
Description	Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)-
Subject	California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals.
Contributors	Associated Students of Fresno State.
Coverage	Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present
Format	Microfilm reels, 35 mm.
Technical Information	Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data"
Language	eng

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Title	Sept 8, 1987 Pg. 8
Alternative Title	Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno)
Publisher	Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif.
Publication Date	1987
Description	Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)-
Subject	California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals.
Contributors	Associated Students of Fresno State.
Coverage	Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present
Format	Microfilm reels, 35 mm.
Technical Information	Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data"
Language	eng
Full-Text-Search	Pago 8 V (CPS) - 1987 graduates did not fare as badly in the job market as the experts had predicted, according to a report from the College Placement Council (CPO. In its annual review of how well students did in getting jobs, the council - a nationwide association of campus ' placement officers * said a lata spring flurry of companies recruiting on cam¬ pus helped slavage what had been a "alow" recruiting year at the nation's campuses. While companies always visit more in the spring, said CPC's Dawn Gulick, "We were surprised at how it picked up." Gulick said many companies, par¬ ticularly those in sluggish industries such as oil, were hesitant to kick off aggressive recruiting earlier in the academic year. Those companies took a harder look at their hiring needs before -2 . market holds up extending offers to graduating students, aha said. Many companies, unstable due , to corporate mergers or budget cuts, also waited before recruiting, Gulick added. Other companies visited campuses earlier in the year but but later decided . to hire more people during,the spring, often making better salary offers. But this late boom was not universal. The CPC's survey of its member schools found technical, engineering, computer science and accounting majors suffered a tighter job market than liberal arts graduates. Corporate offers to 1987 humanities grads jumped by 29 percent since last year, with starting salaries rising 5 percent to an average $20,25$. Accounting graduates also enjoyed higher average salaries • up 2.5 percent from last year - but fielded 16 percent Calendar of Events The Associated Students will sponsor an AS information booth today from 10 am. to 2 p.m. in the Free Speech Area. The, Associated Students Legal and Legislative Committee will meet today at 2 p.m. In College Union320. \ The A.S. Senate win meet today in College Union 312^14 at 3 p.m. The Hispanic Business Students Association will hold a club meeting today at 7 p.m. inCo»eoeOnton311B. "Brazil 10 Works on Paper wiH be on display at the Phebe Contey Art * Gallery through October* A Beyond War meeting win be hew Wednesday at 5.-30 p.m. in Colege Union 310. Everyone is welcome. Journalism students can. "come out and meet the^ person behind your Journalism professor4' at the Journalism Student-Faculty Mixer Wednesday, Sept 9 in Old Cafeteria 200 from 630 p.m. to 8.-00 p.m. Sponsored by Sigma Delta Chi. The Society of Automotive Engineers will hold a general meeting Thursday at 6 p.m. in Industrial Arts 154. Game Theory wiH be performing in the Satellite College Union Friday. Tickets are $3 for CSUF students, $4 for general admission and $5 the day of the show. A Back to School Dance sponsered by the Hispanic Business Students Association wi be hew Friday in Lab School 101. The dance starts at 9 p.m. and wfft feature Top 40 music by Control Admission is $3. - Come end reggae with the Babylon Warriors and special guest Mojo Symphony at the Satellite College Union, Saturday, Sept 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets are • $2.50 CSUF students, $4 general and $5 clay of the show. fewer jobs. Petroleum engineering graduates got a resounding 82 percent fewer job offers last year, while their starting salaries plummeted almost 7 percent, to $30,816. Mechanical engineers received 31 percent fewer job offers compared to last year, and jobs, offered to electrical engineers dropped 36 percent. Com¬ puter science graduates were offered 28 percent fewer jobs. The year wound up being better for liberal arts," said Jim Keene of the State University of New York-Stony Brook. It was not as good for engineering.'' Keene believes many companies are eschewing students with limited degrees for "Jhose who can think in general terms." While engineering and science majors at Slippery Rock University in Penri- sylvania were in demand, placement counselor Sam Gagliardo added, "Dur¬ ing the last five years, the tendency has been that recruiters are going fcnj liberal arts itudents." Technical field grads do fare better,he said, if they have got some English or history classes under their belts. "There's a slight breeze'' towards hir¬ ing liberal arts graduates, but it is not "a gale," said Gagliardo. Liberal arts students are usually offered lower end jobs in fields such as retail and customer service. "It's not that there's this sudden burst of activity towards hiring liberal arts majors," said Boyd Armstrong of the University of Houston's 'placement office. "But liberal art majors are usually more flexible, and they are not already stereotyped by employers." Bruce Johnston of Humbolt State College in California claimed that it is because humanities majors have lower job expectations than others and are more willing to work outside their field of study. Others speculate liberal arts majors are doing better because companies are changing the way they recruit. Grades are no longer as important as the total individual, the student's activities, whether or not they worked their way through college, or things of. that sort, said Laurie Ray of the University of Southern California's placement office. ITS TIME!!! Applications For Coordinator and Sub-committee Positions ARE AVAILABLE NOW!!! -Join the fun- Pick up an application in C.U. 306 DEADLINE-SEPT. 18,1987 tage Days Cahtnir at %t.ttt> \rnn*\tt\ >r>\m> .

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