Speaking For Ourselves
The Voi(
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Vol. 39 No. 2
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina
March 19, 1985
CAREER PLANNING IS IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS
Mr. James Scurry, Director of
Career Planning and Placement,
Fayetteville State University.
Throughout one's college
matriculation, one contemplates
whether one will find ajob to offset
one's college expenses, and
whether one will find a suitable
career. The Voice staff decided to
question the Career Planning and
Placement Director, James
Scurry, to make students aware of
the function of this office.
Voice: What is career planning?
Scurry: College planning is a
sjsieuiatic approach to determin
ing your goals, needs and
aspirations. Secondly, it's learning
information about job and career
outlooks available in your
particular field of study. Career
planning is a combination of
personal desires in regard to
preparing yourself academically,
gaining practical experiences, and
developing long-range goals.
Voice: Many college students ask
the question, “How can you
prepare yourself in college for the
real world?” How do you respond
to this?
Scurry: The most basic approach
in preparation for the real world is
to be open-minded and serious
about a good, well-rounded
educational criteria. Secondly,
being able to communicate and
interact with others is an essential
quality to maneuver in the world.
Voice: What is the difference
between a career and a job?
Scurry: This is a much debated
question, but speaking from a
personal point of view and
experience, a career is a specific
field of endeavor in which one
trains for and pursues with a
future. It's a profession where one
receives a satisfying compensation.
Upgrading The Admissions Policy
By Shari Johnson
Effective the fall of 1988, Fayetteville State University, like other
University of North Carolina Institutions, will be under a new
admissions policy which was adopted by the U.N.C. Board of
Governors, February 10, 1984. , ,
The minimum requirements of the policy are; a high school diploma
or the equivalent thereof; completion of four course units in college
preparatory English; three course units in Math (Geometry, Algebra 1
and II); two course units in Social Studies (U.S. History and
Government/ Economics); three course units of Science (Biolo^ or
Life Science, Physical Science, and a Science Lab); and two units of
foreign language, one of which must be taken in the twelfth grade. One
mathematics course must also be taken in the twelfth grade.
Chancellor Lyons and the Chief Academic officer. Dr. Valeria
Fleming, are responsible for policy enforcement. Dr. John Wolfe,
Acting Academic Dean, in an interview indicated, “I agree to the fact
of action...it is consistent with the University's move to a
Comprehensive I university status.”
Welcome Consultants
By Jim Scurry, Career Planning and Placement Director
We are delighted that you have
decided to come and take part in
the Third Annual Youth
Motivation Task Fo^Program.
There is an^"e^citement
throughout the University in
anticipation of the very
worthwhile and challenging event.
The responsibility that you have
undertaken is indeed a true
measure of the outstanding,
caring, concerned, and committed
career professional you are. Your
participation identifies you as a
“liberator,” coming back to “lend a
hand,” and help someone else up
the hill-a quality found in too few
of us today.
Additionally, we realize that to
some extent, endeavors of this
nature require some personal
sacrifices, but believe me, we shall
remain indebted to you forever
and work will not go unnoticed.
Again, we are extremely
thankful for your support and look
forward to meeting with you and
sharing in a most worthy cause for
the benefit of our students,
university and community.
Welcome to FSU.
whereas a job is temporary work
that satisfies an immediate need
for employment which is not
permanent.
Voice: What type courses or
seminars does your office offer to
students?
Scurry: We offer research
material, information about
Fortune 500 companies and the
outlook of careers and jobs
available throughout the country
and the Fayetteville Community.
Thirdly, we conduct periodic
workshops and seminars on
resume and letter writing, how to
complete applications for
employment, job search
techniques and dressing standards
and methods. We offer these
workshops and seminars on a
regular and semester basis.
Voice: “The closest to perfection a
person ever comes is when he fills
out a job apphcation (resume),”
stated Stanley Randall. But why is
it that most resumes are never
read?
Scurry: Most are not read because
of the massive numbers submitted
to be read on a daily basis;
however, it is important for a
resume to be attractive, appealing
and interesting, containing
important information. This is the
reason, as stated earlier, we offer
workshops on resume writing.
The Voice hopes that students
will make use of the Career
Planning and Placement Office,
located in the Butler Building,
Room 241. It is important that
students utilize this office
throughout their college
matriculation.
Youth Motivation Task Force Returns To FSU
By Michael Gaddy
Fayetteville State University
will host its third annual Youth
Motivation Task Force Program
(YMTF) March 17-19. In order to
give students a better insight on the
purpose, objectives, and benefits
of the YMTF program. The Voice
interviewed this year's chairman,
Mr. Joseph E, Burgess, Assistant
Vice-President Human Resources
for Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company.
Gaddy: What is YMTF?
Burgess: YMTF is an acronym for
Youth Motivation Task Force.
During Former President Lyndon
Johnson's administration, Vice-
President Hubert Humphrey
conceived the idea that Black
professionals in business and
industry, government, education
and the non-profit sector, should
return to historically Black
colleges and universities to lecture
as a group. Thus, the YMTF
program was bom and placed
under the sponsorship of the
National Alliance of Business
(NAB); however, lack of funds and
cutbacks in government spending
coupled with a decrease in
corporate contributions caused
NAB to turn the operation of
YMTF programs over to
individual institutions to operate
solely.
Gaddy: How does YMTF benefit
the students?
Burgess: Students benefit by being
directly and closely exposed to
successful Black professional men
and women, many of whom are
graduates of Fayetteville State
University (FSU), working in a
large range of career fields.
• Through discussions with these
“Consultants,” students can obtain
a first hand account of making the
transition from college to work.
Students also can begin the
establishment of their own
individual network of people.
Networking is a valuable asset to
any and all successful individuals.
Consultants will clearly point out
to the student body the importance
of contributing to their own
ediication by making maximum
use of the library. Career Planning
and Placement Office, workshops
on a variety of subjects brought to
the campus, and the list goes on.
To sum it up, the benefit derived by
the students will depend solely
upon what the students contribute.
Gaddy: According to the iceberg
rule, only 20% of an iceberg lies
above the water; the other 80%
remains below the surface, hidden
from view. Likewise it's said, 20%
of all jobs are advertised. The other
80% remain confidental and
unknown to the public. Can the
YMTF Program even the ratio or
reduce the students' unawareness
of jobs available in their respective
fields of study?
Burgess: No. The YMTF Program
is not designed to reduce this
ratio, nor is it equipped to do so;
hpwever, YMTF can inform the
students of what it takes, and in
many cases how to go about
obtaining those unadvertised
positions. The rest is up to the
individual student. First, you must
be educationally prepared; second,
you must be willing to go where the
position is; a job will not come
looking for you. Then finally, you
must have the desire and
determination to achieve success in
your chosen field.
Nearly 80 professional men and
women will participate in the two
and one-half day program. These
Task Force Consultants will arrive
in Fayetteville on Sunday, Mai"ch
17, for an Orientation Session led
by Burgess. Chancellor Lyons will
host a reception beginning at 6:00
p.m.
On Monday and Tuesday,
consultants will be visiting
classrooms and dorm lounges to
interact with students. The
program will conclude with a
luncheon, Tuesday, March 19, in
the Multi-Purpose Room of the
Student Center.
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