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MARCH 27,1992 — THE DECREE — PAGE 3 Correct your flaws before job hunting The experts agree—when the job market is tight, it’s critical to know your perceived weaknesses and fix them. According to both the 1992 Northwestern Lindquist-Endicott report and the 1992 Recruiting Trends report from Michigan State University, the biggest de ficiencies of recent graduates are; • Unrealistic job expectations. This topped both lists. According to Recruiting Trends, college students “do not By JEFF GOLDFARB While he was governor of California, Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown claims he accomplished a great deal with regard to higher education. During his administration, which started in 1972, Brown Every year seems good as another (Continued from Pj^e 2) change or move or challenge. I’ve done what I do for years and will do so for years to come. There’s a certain security in that which I did not anticipate. We also be come aware that we can do what we do well; that we are successes at this or that Being young means taking change, movement, chal lenge, and success for granted; being seasoned means feeling gratitude for and understanding the luck involved in all of this. There’s the rub. We want eternal youth, but we usually mean we want the body we used to have with the knowledge we are still gaining. How many times have I heard people say they wish they had known then what they know now? But it wouldn’t have been then if you knew what you know now. What I appreciate more and more as I age is how much I should listen to those who are older, who have survived the slings and arrows. Youth hardly ever believes that. I greet my 40th birthday with an eagerness to get on with my life at the same time I fear the aches and pains of old age. And it is only our obsession with youth that makes me anticipate old age even though I am only in my very early middle age. ^at age would I go back to? Not 6ven yesterday. ' ^ see the big picture... They lack imagination, especially after graduption. Graduates only want to work eight to five... They lack loyalty to Ae company, refuse to have patience, and they expect to - start at high wages — they are told to expect this by college faculty.” • Poor communication and writing skills. Ranked second by both reports, the researchers note that recent graduates’ skills in these areas are noticeably worse nearly doubled the funding for state universities and community colleges, and tripled money de voted to equal opportunity pro grams. “I called for higher standards in high school, requiring three years of math and two years of science for graduates, with even more stringent requirements for the college bound,” he said in a statement from his campaign of fice. “This led the California State and University systems to raise entrance requirements in math.” Now that he’s running for the Democratic presidential nomina tion, the former governor has vowed to abolish the Department of Education. “It is massive bureaucratic waste,” he said. “It educates no student” Brown said the savings fi'om eliminating the department than in years past. Employers specifically say grammar and spelling need improvement. • Insufficient resumes and in terviewing preparation. Employ ers say graduates don’t bother to research their companies before interviews and they don’t exude confidence and assertiveness to successfully “sell” th^nselves to an employer. Other shortcomings include a lack of practical work experience through internships or co-op pro- isDOA “should be returned to the states to improve classroom instruc tion.” Brown also said federal grants to college students are better than loans. “What we’re seeing is almost an invisible disease that is turning students into long-term, almost life-long, debtors,” he said. In response to a United States Student Association question naire, Brown said he supported raising the maximum Pell Grant to $4,500 and expanding eligibil ity for Pell Grants to students from families with incomes between $30,000 and $50,000. “As a nation, we ought to make the commitment that anyone who can make the grade and fulfill the academic requirements ought to get the financial assistance to at tend,” he said. grams and few signs of profes sionalism. Career counseling officers na tionwide say students need not fret, however, because programs exist to help persistent, committed students overcome their prob lems. “There’s a tremendous amount of preparation out there,” says Leslie Mallow Wendell, director of career services at Widener University. “There are work shops, classes, support groiqjs for students. There’s mentoring, where we hook students up with industry mentors through net working. Networking is becom ing more important.” Dale Austin, director of career planning and placement at Hope College in Michigan, agrees that students have many options. “The advisable approach is for them to broaden Aeir options. They need to be creative in lodc- ing at other alternatives, they need to be creative in their ap proaches,” he says. “Finding a job , is more than just job fairs and on- campus intCTviews.” Austin says that when inter viewing, students need to realize that “even if they have strong credentials, the interviewing time' is critical time” to allow a pro spective employer to get to know a student’s personality, goals, enthusiasm, and energy. Wendell adds that “some stu dents are afraid to ask questions about career paths, if they can succeed (with a particular com pany). Students need to under stand those are appropriate ques tions to ask.” Upcoming Events Saturday, March 28 Sunday, March 29 Monday, March 30 Tuesday, March 31 Wednesday, April 1 Thursday, April 2 Friday, April 3 Saturday, April 4 Monday, April 6 Wednesday, April 8 Thursday, April 9 Friday, April 10 Saturday, April 11 Sunday, April 12 Baseball vs. North Adams St, 2 p.m. Talent Show, 9 p.m., SAC Mudfest, 3:30 p.m.. Front Lawn Softball vs. Averett, 3 p.m. Bed Races, 4:30 p.m.. Gym t Baseball vs. Mount Olive, 3 p.m. Jane Powell & Company, 9:30 p.m., SAC Comedian Carrot Top, 9 p.m., SAC Spring Formal, Northgreen County Club, Dinner, 7:30 p.m.; Dance, 9 p.m. NCAA Finals Party in Doc’s NCAA Finals Party in Doc’s Baseball vs. Campbell, 3 p.m. NCWC Golf Tournament, 1 p.m., Northgreen Softball vs. Ferrum, 3 p.m. King’s Dominion Trip Baseball vs. Ferrum, Noon , Baseball vs. Ferrum, 2 p.m. WANTED All Seniors are needed to participate in the final Highway Cleanup Project April 11 4 p.m. Meet in front of the SAC Flik piks... If you have any suggestions of what movies should be shown on campus, please call 5230 (the SGA Hotline) Brown says DOE
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