Show June Graduates Graduates' Job Outlook fright Bright I By Melba M M. Fer Ferguson Approximately seniors at Utah colle colleges es in int addition to thousands of high school graduates graduates graduates grad grad- will be bc standing standing- sheepskin sheepskin sheepskin sheep sheep- skin in hand on graduation day wondering what that certificate certificate of graduation will buy in the way of jobs And what are their prospects for employment According to researchers for forthe forthe forthe the Utah department of employment employment employment employ employ- ment security educators and prospective employers that depends depends depends de de- de- de largely upon the professional professional skill attained by the job see seeker er The picture is generally general general- ly bright however with the exception of jobs in the retail or I wholesale trade field There are just not as many jobs in this category as there were last year Theodore E E. Maughan department manager said Friday and I think this condition is general throughout the west However er for students graduating graduating aling in business adm administration tion Mr Maughan pointed out the opportunities es in the selling field Retail and wholesale trade and the distributive industries have entered into a sellers market he said We Ve have had constant demands since last ast July for salesmen but they can canno canno canno no longer be just order takers they they must be salesmen Eng Engineers and professional and technical workers ers should have no trouble at all in finding finding finding find find- ing jobs Mr Maughan believes There is great demand both In Utah and in other states for those planning to enter the fields of engineering chemistry medicine or law Weve Yeve always had a constant constant constant con con- stant unfilled demand for stenographic stenographic stenographic steno steno- graphic and secretarial workers both male and female he said so anyone graduating in secretarial secretarial secre secre- science should have no trouble securing work The TIle department of employment employment employment employ employ- ment security does not engage in teacher placement in the state of Utah since that job is handled by the school placement services themselves he said But he added that requests for teachers teachers' to fill vacancies in school systems everywhere in inthe inthe inthe the United States have flooded his office Offhand there are openIngs openings open open- ings for a minimum of 1000 teachers outside the state state ho he said and they can practically name their own location if not their own salary terms I believe however that since they were educated in Utah schools at the taxpayers expense that teachers should be bc employed within the state if at all possible he said Women graduating with a ahome ahome ahome home economics major were promised an employment field that is growing steadily Many 1 requests for home demonstrators demonstrators demonstrators dem dem- for utilities companies companies companies com com- and demonstrators and display workers in retail stores have come to the employment office but it has been hard to find qualified persons to fill them Mr Maughan said Jobs in this field pay better than the average and entry into them is only the beginning Home economics majors are able to branch out into work as hospital dieticians child development development devel devel- and nursery school schoolwork schoolwork schoolwork work newspaper and radio work he pointed out Graduates entering the field of manual skills will also find lots of positions open In general salaries offered are arc on a par with ith other states and somewhat higher than in previous years cars Graduates with skills in cultural fields which do not have commercial application tion will have to seek seck elsewhere except in scattered instances |