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The Class of '82 Hits Tight Job Market
There Are Things To Do To Make It
By Milloi Jordan
. Years ago a college;
degree virtually
" guaranteed you " a jpb
but times have changed,
and today's college
degree hardly guarantees
you an interview -It's
not that today's
l college degree is le"ss
valuable. It's just that I
the job market is a whole A
lot tighter.
"This is the worst that
'. I've seen it in the fifteen
fears that I've, been, in;
the placement office!
here," said Lindsey Mer!
ritt. director of NCCUV
Career Counseling and
Placement Bureau.-
" "There are many good
people coining out of
college, but the jobs just
aren't there, because
. companies just aren't
hiring as many people."
To illustrate the point,
Merritt said that
historically about 85 per
cent of Central's
students who used the
placement bureau were
employed in their fields
right after college. This
year, he says, the place
ment figure is going to be
closer to about 23 per
cent.
At the local Employ
ment Security Commis
sion, Ms. Ann Colenda,
a labor market analyst,
echoes similar com
ments: '
"We have about 1200
job openings now (mid
May),' she said, "and
most of them are service
jobs, such as waiters,
waitresses, janitors,
maids and counter
workers, not the kinds of
jobs a college graduate
would be interested in.;
So the problem winds
up being a simple matter
of( supply and demand.'
There is a lot of supply
people needing jobs,
particularly the newest
crop of college graduates
and not so much de
mand, employers who
need to hire a lot of peo
ple.""' ;,
, But while the picture is said Harry Russos. an
bleak, it is not impossi- Employment Security
: ble. There arc jobs to be Commission job
had. j ? -" i counselor. "One is to hit
X ? In this area, for exam- the job market with a
pic,' according to Mer- proper ; preparation
ritt, the demand is for beyond the classroom,
engineers', business ma- such as related job cx-.
jors with concentrations perience, even if it has to
in data systems and peo- be volunteer. The second
pie with broad training thing is not to make
in the high technology serious mistakes during
i industries. the application process."
Much the same is true, Russos listed ...four;
Colenda, the job analyst.
"iney don t want to
haveo do a lot of train-,
ing, or supervising," :
: The second step lot
course, is to know what
jjobs are in the market.
: High technology leads
the way. According to a
recent , issue of Black
Collegian ' Magazine,
.".The number. pf cor-
'-try IfrHu
t .ife v- S: .uji.r.j
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Recruiters Still Come; But With Less to Offer
A NCCU student chats with one of several recruiters who Visited the Central
campus this year. According to placement officials, though the recruiters are
still coming, they are looking for fewer people to hire. nsi.Mnnti
mistakes, Often made by
across the country. In a
recent article in Black;
Enterprise, a monthly
black ' business publica
(ion, ". . . "the job:
seekers who will prosper,
the most are .those, who
have strong . technical,
.scientific and business
skills."
But even a degree in
one of the fields in high
demand is no guarantee,
because tire competition
is still stiff. What you
need is an edge,
"An edge can boil
down , to - two things,"
NCCU Granted Funds
For Two
Fellowships
The North Carolina
Central University
"School ,, of Library
Science has been award-'
ed $16,000 by the United
States Department of
Education': , to support
two fellowships in
library science during the
1982-83 academic year.
The -grant was made
by the Office of
Libraries and Learning
Technologies and will
support two graduate'
students during the sum
mer session of 1982, the
academic year of :
1982-83, and the summer ;
of 1983.
' Dr. Annette L.
Phinazee, dean of the.
School of Library .
Science, will administer
the grant, , which is
designed to increase the '
number of black and
Native American profes
sionals in the library and .
information .science
field. Students at NCCU .
will work toward the '
Master 1 of ' .Library
Science degree.
new juu a7jiikaui, uiai
could kill your chances;
for a job, no matter how
i well you are educated, or ,
5 hOw much experience
you . have- They are: ' ? 1. :
'Making unrealistic :
job and salary demands. ,
Putting too much
emphasis on what 1 the-;
company can do for you1,
such as fringe benefits.
vacation, etc.
Overselling yourself,
boasting too much.
; Neglecting to do your
' homework before the in
. terview, and therefore,!
not knowing ; enough
about the . company's
needs and how you can
contribute to them. $ U:
"It is important for a
job applicant v to
t demonstrate ; a specific
focus and direction in his
; or her job hunt," Russos'
; explained, "because the
present - situation .ts'. a
'buyer's', market, and
employers are ; being
: more selective."
Merritt points out
: another reality ' of
today's job market.
"For the first few
years after school, a per- are the job opportunities
son starting a career for blacks qualified to do
: should be mobile and ihe work,
don't get tied down with ? Thus; the key to in
a iQt of responsibilities,', itiating a career in a tight
he said. VBe ready to go job market boils down to
where the jobs are, take what Russos called,
whatever you can find; "nroner nrenaration".
A ''' v., . . '
iiiiu . vnan - a specinc
course designed to get
you where you want to
go." . s -;
- The first ; step 'to: get
come otrthe joband go But what about those
right to work," said Ms. fecent graduates . who
don t have, high grade
point averages or ex-
r periences? y Must ' they
content themselves with
. unemployment or
underemployment? ',: j
; v Not necessarily. ;
, A job as a paraprofes-1
sional can be a good in
terim step. , 1
A paraprofessional is
;a person who has been ,
specially trained to assist
professionals in fields
such as medicine,' law .
and engineering. People
in these slots get ex-
. cellent "hands-pjj" exr
perience in S particular
(field. : -:
Consider taw.
"A paralegal can do
everything an attorney
.does with the exception
or three things," ex-
I plains Ms. Sue Sullivan,
director of the Lawyer s
Assistant. Program at the
University of San Diego.
"She cannot give legal
; advice, cannot represent
' 'clients in court,' and she
cannot practice as an at
torney."
But to succeed, a
paralegal has to be a
special type person.
"A paralegal has to be
a take-charge type who
! enjoys juggling a wide
variety ot duties, said
1 Ms. Suzetfe I LaFon, a
California legal assis
tant. "On almost, any
poratibns, laboratories given day I . might
and institutes involved in prepare documents for
high technology work in 'one of - the firm's
this country is growing lawyers, research and
by leaps and bounds. So organize case, material.
Mfs. Hester. Prpihofed at Mutual 'Saving!
, Mrs. Annie I. Hester has been promoted to Assis-1
tant Secretary-Chief Accountant of Mutual Savings ,
and Loan Association.
A Durham native, Mrs. Hester has worked as a
Loan Processor and Loan Officer Trainee at :
Mutual Savings since joining the firm in 1978. She i
previously worked as- a,n accountant with UDI ,
Community Development Corporation, and with :
Mechanics and Farmers Bank for several years in a '
number of positions. She is a graduate of North
Carolina Central University and holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in business education. 1
ZK- Mrs. Hester is a member of the Board of Gover- i
nors of Research Triangle Institute; member of The
Downtown Club and past membership chairman of
that club; and is treasurer of the Durham Strides
Track Pub. A member of Mount Calvary United' -Church
of Christ, Mrs.' Hester serves on the Trustee
Board and as the church treasurer; ; - ' '
Business and Profes- t other college : graduates r
sional Women's Founda- .looking for jobs and
tion, a an educational jcareers. ; But you need
organization in ; not' despair, ; because
Washington, D.C., ; there are things you can
employment possibilities do to. give yourself an
in the health care fields edge V : ,
will grow by about 50 per For more information
cent ": through the on V paraprofessional
fields , contact the
following organ izations: .
Standing Committee
on Legal Assistants,
j American Bar Associa--jtion,
1155 E. 60th St., :
Chicago, IL. 60637.
The National
Association of Emergen
cy Medical technicians,
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' MRS. HESTER 1
cor-
and handle
respondence."
T It can be an exciting
job,' and there are jobs
; available.' " f :-
"The paralegal profes
sion is still in 'its infancy
and Opportunities, both
in the private and public
.sector,, continue to ex
pand,"; says Ms. Terri
Gilbert, former; staff
director of the American
Bar Association's (ABA)
.Standing Committee on
' Legal Assistants, "There
are currently more than
300 paralegal programs
available nationally."
mid-80's.
Available jobs include
Emergency Medical
Technicians (EMTK car
diopulmonary : techni
cians and respiratory,
therapists. ?
Even in engineering
and scientific - fields,
.there ' Sre nararirafM-
ine money is good, sional opportunities. Ac- P.O. Box 334, Newton
too. According to ABA cording to the Institute Highlands, MA 02161..
figures,. a legal assistant .for Certification -of i Institute ' for S Cer
can starr work at bet- i Engineering Techni- Uification of Engineering
lw.e,eiL $'0,000 and.lcians.in 1978. there were Technicians, 2029 K. St.,
$17,000 annually, or more than 600.000 per- NW, Washington, D.C.
more with the right ex- sons working? as 20006.
penence. Or you could engineering and science National Society for
. free-lance, working for , j technicians. Through Cardiopulmonary
.several lawyers whose in- f!985i openings irtH these Technology, Suite 307,
(dividual practices won't! fields are exnerlM tn One Ranlr St
: grow by 25 to 50 per
cent. v. ' -f:
i So, there is a tight job
j market, and your degree
just puts you into an
ever-growing pool of,
support a fulltime legal
.assistant. j
The Health Care field1
also has opportunities
for paraprofessionals.
According ' to : The
MD.
One
Gaithersburg,
20760.
American Associa
tion for Respiratory
Therapy, 1720 Regal
Row, Dallas. TX 75235.
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Facing A Tight Market
, These graduates, about 7C0, waiting for their ' novatlve thinking, a commitment to excellence and
SSEff-i" lh "wwal exercises at ! hard work, many of them can find their places in
NCCU, face a very tight Job market. With some in- the world of work.
When everyone thinks alike, few are doing :
much thinking. :
Nashua Cavalier
tr l
employer arc, iook- Vmi
. ing for people who; can experience
where you want to go is
to be able to do what
needs to be done.'
"Academically that
mcaas a 3.0 grade point
average or better," ex
plained Merritt. "Plus
you need to have really
sharp written and oral
communications skills.", '
-And, as Russos says,:.
should have some
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