The Daily Tar Hee! Thursday, October 10, 19857
Dy MARY MULVIHILL '
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In June, UNC alumnus Mike Collins
appeared on television station WTVD's
noon news' show to talk about his new
book, the North Carolina Jobhunter's
Handbook. Two days later, Collins'
book was sold out in every bookstore
in WTVD's Raleigh Durham listening
area.
The same phenomenon occurred in
Fayetteville bookstores after the 33-year-old
author appeared on television
station WKET's news show.
If youVe noticed a pattern, you're
right. Wherever Collins promotes the
$4.95 North Carolina Jobhunter's
Handbook, local bookstores soon sell
copies left and right to students, the
unemployed, newcomers to North
Carolina and people considering a
career change.
"I obviously hit a nerve because IVe
sold over 4,000 copies in 90 days
statewide," Collins said.
The book is popular, he said, because
"it is the first book published specifically
for individuals looking for a job in
North Carolina."
The 142-page book gives N.C. job
hunters: an overview of the state's
current and future job opportunities; a
method to match their skills, talents and
abilities with a rewarding career, basic
job hunting tips; advice on where to
look for jobs; and a resource guide of
more than 1,000 N.C. employment
resources. ,
UI wanted the book to be complete
enough," Collins said, "so I could do
everything for someone except take
them by the hand, take them to the front
door of the company they were inter
viewing at and say 'Okay, give it your
best shot.' "
Marcia Harris, director of University
Career Planning and Placement Servi
ces, said the book would be a helpful
resource to students.
Harris said she particularly was
impressed by the resource guide's list
of the major employers in North
Carolina. The guide includes North
Carolina's 50 largest non
manufacturing employers, 46 largest
hospitals, 15 largest banks and the
largest Research Triangle Park
employers. '
"Because so many of our students are
staying in North Carolina," she said,
"it's nice to have a list of that kind in
one resource."
The North Carolina Jobhunter's
Handbook also has a section of job
hunting tips for high school and college
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students.
Collins offers some friendly advice for
students who have not started their
career search.
"Don't put it off until the second
session of your senior year," he warned.
"North Carolina graduated about
150,000 seniors from high schools and
colleges, and that means there are about
149,999 people out there looking for a
job with you."
If students devote one day a week
to their career search, Collins said, the
job hunting process won't be a burden.
"If youU invest the time now it will
come back to you just like if you've
invested money," he said. "Even if it's
nothing more than skimming the
newspaper, it will expose you to many
opportunities."
Collins has good news for students
who have gained work experience
through jobs, internships and volunteer
work.
. "So many employers will now take
someone with average grades and a lot
of experience over someone who has
great grades but not a lot of experience."
They are attracted to someone with
work experience because it means the
person has good work habits, he
explained.
Collins pointed to himself as an
example. After he did not graduate with
UNC's 1974 class (he returned in 1978
and graduated in 1979), Collins worked
for AXA years with major corporations
such as Southern Bell and the 3M
Company. "I was hired because of the
way I was able to present myself and .
show my experiences," he said.
Students must develop professional'
resume writing and interviewing skills,
Collins said. In his book's resource
guide, Collins lists 25 possible interview
questions, a sample letter of application
and two sample resumes to help
students polish these job hunting skills.
"The only way to learn these skills
is by doing them," he said. "Interview
with people you wouldn't work for on
a bet." If you know that you wouldn't
accept a job there, you can ask questions
and adopt attitudes that you normally
would not use if the job really mattered,
he said.
Collins learned these job hunting
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than most people would in two life
times. In. the past 15 years, Collins
estimated he has had 37 jobs, ranging
from a department store Santa Claus
to a sales and marketing executive with
the 3M Company.
"When I was looking for jobs, there
were a lot of general job hunting books
out there," he said. "But they gave the
type of information you could use
whether you lived in Maine, North
Carolina or California. I felt if I could
come up with a hybrid that combined
general job hunting information and
resources specifically about North
Carolina, then I would have a product
to fill a niche on the market that was
not being filled."
Collins combined his job hunting
expertise with three years of research
on North Carolina's employment scene
to write the North Carolina Jobhunter's
Handbook.
When the book was published in
May, the energetic author began a one
man, statewide promotion of his book.
His efforts have produced the book's
rampant sales across the state, including
Chapel Hill. The book is selling very
well in Chapel Hill, according to
employees at The Intimate Bookshop,
Logos Bookstore, Page One Book
Center and the Bull's Head Bookshop.
Ann Cuenon, student services man
ager of the College of Arts and Sciences,
worked with Collins when he decided
to return in 1978 and get his degree.
Cuenon said she was not surprised by
his book's success.
"He was a very friendly, personable
person," she said. "He also was very
aggressive, but not in an offensive way.
I think if anyone could do this (the
book), he would be able to."
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By STEVE AUSTIN
Syndicated Columnist
Dear Steven: Football season is
my worst time of the year. My
otherwise hard-working, active hus
band spends the entire weekend in
front of the TV. Well, this year I'm
not going to hang around keeping
him stocked with beer and pretzels.
I think I deserve to go out with my
friends for a few laughs. But whe
never I bring it up, he says hell begin
to spend more time with me "next
week." "Next week" hasn't come yet.
IVe been waiting three years for it.
Should I just grab the car keys and
Campus Calendar
Thursday
11:00 a.m.STV Video Yearbook will pres
ent a preview in the Union until
2 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Student Development and
Counseling Center sponsoring
an Optometry Recruitment
Program until 5:00 p.m. in the
General Administration Build
ing, 910 Raleigh Road, Chapel
Hill. Further information in
20 ID Steele.
3:30 p.m. UNC Eckankar Society spon
soring a question and answer
discussion on the "Psychology
of the Spiritual Self," inm 213
Union. Free and open to the
public.
Career Planning and Placement
Services is sponsoring a resume
workshop in 209 Hanes.
Undergraduate Geography
Association meeting in 307
Saunders.
6:00 p.m. Student Television's Carolina
Images Yearbook representa
tives will be in the lobbies of
Spencer, Kenan, Alderman and
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Dear Stifled: Sure, that's one
approach. If you really want to make
a statement, I suggest asking your
friends to pick you up. A half dozen
ready-to-party women interfering
with his gridiron concentration
should quickly change his attitude.
Have fun.
Dear Steven: I still have a post
office box because I live in a house
Mclver until 7:30 p.m. to pres
ent a free preview.
7:00 p.m. IVCF-Mid Campus sponsors
"What Noone Will Talk
About," by Jimmy Long in 224
Union.
Senior Class Gift Committee
meeting in 226 Union.
7:30 p.m. Model UNC Club meeting in
Frank Porter Graham lounge.
CHIMERA,meeting with guest
writer Mark L. Van Name in
247 Phillips.
8:30 p.m. Fellowship of Christian Ath
letes presents Tanya Crevier
"world's finest basketball
handler" in 106 Carroll.
9:00 p.m. UNC College Republicans hold
ing a mandatory meeting in 205
Union!
Friday
1:00 p.m. Career Planning and Placement
Services sponsors an interview
ing tips workshop in 209 Hanes.
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of getting misplaced. Lately I seem
to be receiving tons of junk mail,
even some sexually oriented stuff. It
doesn't turn me on, and I'd like to
avoid getting it. What do I have to
do to stop its delivery?
Blushing in Raleigh
Dear Blushing: Your postmaster
is the one with the answers. In most
cases, filling out a simple, no-cost
form is all you need to do.
Copyright 1985 by Steven J.
Austin. Got a problem, question or
comment? Write to Steven the
Bartender in care of the DTH.
Saturday
2:00 p.m. CHIMERA, holds open audi
tions for ChimeraCon III.
Needed are actors and actor
singers. Check Union desk for
room number.
Sunday
11:00 a.m. Campus Christian Fellowship
worship service in the Union.
4:00 p.m. Senior Class Commencement
Committtee meeting in the
Union.
7:00 p.m. Senior Class Trip and Publicity
Committees meeting in 224
Union. All interested seniors
should attend.
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