4Career '89The Daily Tar HeelMonday, October 9, 1 989 Projected starting salaries for 1989-90 Liberal Arts Nursing SalesMarketing Journalism Advertising Business Adminstration Accounting Mathematics Physics Computer Science Engineering Chemistry ,' .:""-"! 11 " ; i itt it it ti I i ii i i i M r i t r T't r-r i iiijit $0 $10000 $20000 $30000 $40000 Average yearly salary Mean salary of 1988 graduates by major h Psychology Pharmacy Nursing Mathematics Journalism Industrial Relations History English Education Economics Computer Science Chemistry J Business Administration Biology Accounting I II in I ill 1 1 1 1 o 10000 20000 Mean Salary 30000 40000 By LLOYD LAGOS Staff Writer "What kind of job am I going to get?" This question is a common one, and it's one that seniors seem prone to ask as May approaches. The prospective job hunter has to examine many factors, said Marcia Harris, director of the University Career Planning and Placement Serv ices. The student needs to examine the importance of income on job contentment. He or she should have geographical flexibility and should take into consideration the hours, the working environment, job security and mobility. "There is a high demand for com puter science, math, business, account ing, the health fields and education," she said. "I am also happy to note that there is an increased interest by employers for the liberal arts." Students seeking jobs in journal ism, the arts, advertising, radio and television will enter a very competi tive market. "It is simply a question of supply and demand, there are more people that want those jobs than there are jobs, and the marginal candidate will have a difficult time if he is not well prepared. "Job seekers should be aware that employers look at credentials in ad dition to their major. One's marketa bility is very important and this can be enhanced by choosing the right electives. Grades, leadership and work experience makes a big difference in getting the desired job," Harris said. Jobs most heavily recruited on campus include banking, sales, re tail, manufacturing and accounting. There also is a heavy demand for teachers in this state, especially in languages, math and science, accord ing to an employment survey of May 1989 UNC graduates. The majority, 67 percent, of UNC graduates find jobs in North Caro lina while 18.6 percent and 6.6 per-" cent find jobs in other Southeastern states and in the Northeast respec tively, according to the survey. Na tionally, the Southwest (including California) has the most opportuni ties for employment. The latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the fastest growing occupations are those in the fields of computer sci ence, engineering, applied sciences and the health professions. Computer programmers can expect an increase from 479,000 jobs (1986) to 758,000 by the year 2000, while, medical as sistants will increase by 107,000 jobs. Oversaturated fields, those with greater demand than available jobs, for graduates with bachelor's degree include communications, visual and 1988 graduate job location 18.21 66.67 Southeast 6.57 0 Northeast Not Assigned 1 . 1 9 Rest of Nation Foreign 6.57 North Carolina 0.80 1988 Graduate mean salary by GPA 26000 25000 -24000 - w 23000 -c 2 22000 21000 - CB CO 20000 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 2.0-2.3 2.4-2.7 2.8-3.0 3.1-3.3 3.4-3.7 3.8-4.0 GPA performing arts, psychology, life sci ences, home economics, philosophy and religious studies, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Many graduates find jobs totally unrelated to their respective degrees, especially those majoring in sociol ogy, history, political science and speech communications, the employ ment survey said. Graduates who seek career-entry positions find that most of these jobs are related to the fields of study. These include accounting, business administration, chemistry, computer science, dental hygiene, education, journalism, nursing, phar macy and RTVMP. Minorities from page 2 ketable skills, there are some great opportunities available. "Good opportunities for people of color exist in both science and tech nology fields. These fields are so wide open ... and they are definitely look ing for people of color," she said. Hotel service and management and financial services are also expanding fields. Maurice DeBerry of GE Capital financial services, a company of General Electric (GE), said the Fi nancial Management Summer Intern ship Program recruited minorities from the UNC campus. The intern ship is designed to facilitate minority awareness of corporate America and to increase the number of minorities working for GE in a financial capac ity. Students can learn about the cor porate, work and social atmosphere, he said. When choosing students for the internship, quality is more important than quantity. There is no given number accepted for internships; the best students are chosen after they are interviewed, he said. Instead of going to predominately black schools for interns, which cor porate America usually does, GE is looking for top minority students at universities like UNC. Top minority students are not only at predominately black schools, they go to other uni versities also, he said. Employers in arts fields fail to recruit strongly at UNC By D'ANN PLETCHER Staff Writer If you are a graduating senior who was daring enough to major in mu sic, drama, art or English without planning to do graduate work in the field or teach school, people only have one question to ask you. From your older brother in the accounting firm to your Aunt Lou to the grocery clerk who has been waiting on your family since 1963, it's: "Great. So whadda ya gonna do with that?" And if you are the average senior (make that the average honest sen ior), you are probably wondering the same thing yourself. While many of the big companies who interview on campus employ graduates of all de gree tracks, this general type of re cruitment doesn't seem to provide much hope for those who wish to utilize their specific artistic talents. One answer to this dilemma may be that the artistically inclined must look a litde harder to find jobs that1 will really exercise their expressive energies. Some of the best jobs for writers, actors and musicians are in fields that just don't recruit, accord ing to Vicki Lotz, liberal arts coun selor at University Career Planning and Placement Services (UCPPS). "Public relations, advertising and non-profit organizations provide some of the best opportunities for arts-related majors, but they just don't re cruit. You've got to get out there yourself and make the contacts and find the job." Lotz suggests first conducting an information interview with someone who has a job that interests you. Find out what the person actually does and what skills he or she has. At the very least you'll find out if you really want to pursue that career. You may even find a valuable contact that could lead you to a job. You never know which contact is going to eventually land you a job. The important thing for 1 'seniors- is to 'start networking now; . she said. In the nine years Lotz has worked at UCPPS, studio art and history majors have earned jobs in galleries, museums and local arts councils. Major corporations also are begin ning to hire art majors to help select art for company collections. Lotz said English majors had been hired by companies to write press releases, in-house communications, employee bulletins and general com pany literature. Students with a flair for compos ing music have found jobs writing commercial jingles for advertising companies, according to Harold Andrews, director of undergraduate music studies. Dean Johnson, a seri ous composer and former UNC stu dent, earned a few extra bucks when he composed a tune for the anniver sary of the Brooklyn Bridge. On a less spectacular level, an other former student landed his first job as music director "for a sumrrier camp and now owns his own sum mer camp. The significant point is that his musical talent and interest led him to his business, Andrews said. A music graduate who started out as an elementary school music teacher now specializes in music therapy for retarded children. It was her interest in music that lead her to a unique career. And creative therapy is not only for musicians. Brian Cooper, a mu sic and biology major bound for medical school, plans to use the same excercises used by drama students to sharpen theatrical skills as therapy for emotionally disturbed patients. Drama majors interested in the corporate world are also in luck. "Companies love students with act ing experience because they handle the public so well," according to Dede Corvinus, undergraduate advisor for students in the dramatic arts. "They have an ability to be at ease irl front of strangers, and they ' can 4 read body language and the subtext involved in a person's vocal tones that the average listener misses. They've been trained to pick up on these things through acting," she said. Telemarketing and sales are popu lar careers among drama graduates who choose not to pursue acting or jobs in theater production. Like careers in music and writing, advertising seems to be one of the best fields for a non-academic job related to their artistic talent. Even the artist with no commercial train ing has a chance of finding a job in an advertising agency. Some agen cies see the untrained as the unspoiled, according to Peggy Quinn, under graduate secretary for the art depart ment. But while former art students have found jobs as illustrators, graphic artists and fashion designers, "art is just not really a glamour field. You're going to have to do something nine to five," Quinn said.

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