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Show June Job Seekers A Long Waiting Line (Editor's note: This is the first in a series of articles written by CPS on the prospects for this year's June graduates). A thoughtful workhorse seems to be the apt description of the June graduate sought by U.S. business. A SURVEY shows that personnel officers of the nation's leading firms have placed emphasis on the college graduate willing will-ing to work long hours while learning the rudiments of his job. The survey was compiled by Careers Inc., and published in the 1964 edition of "Career: For the College Man." GRADUATES AFFLICTED with the "instant executive syndrome" syn-drome" are going to find jobs harder to come by this year than ever before. "The graduate must realize that his first job will expose him mostly to leg work," said Robert Cowie, college placement coordinator of the Aetna 'Life Compainies. "THE JUMP FROM college to business is often larger than the graduate anticipates. Using the case-study method, he's had too much practice making decisions at the board of directors di-rectors level." R. M. Coyner of Bcrroughs Business Machines paints an even dimmer picture. "Many graduates will never be in a true management position," he said. "Those who do succeed will do so as a result of excellence in a specific area." Don't be aimless when seeking a job says H. W. Wittenborn of Cook Eelectric Co. "EM INTERVIEWING many college seniors, we find a major ma-jor portion of them seem to be in a fog. Many have no established estab-lished aims or goals. My advice is: set your sights," he said. One way for prespective salesmen to strike out is to say "I've always liked people." Ogden White of Ditto Inc., said if that's how far the applicant's self-analysis goes, his firm "is simply not interested." ONE WAY TO SCORE with a campus recruiter is to be familiar with his firm and its products. - "Our interest is in the young person who can give us some idea of what he feels he may be Table to contribute fco cur organization," said Winston Blount of Blount Brothers Corp GRADAJES SHOULD be prepared to give an intelligent answer to Why do you want to work for us?" An "inquiring mind" makes a good impression with Dun and Bradstreet. "Curiosity" rates with Connecticut Mutual wttheiBM"S attitUde" is an asset t0 graduates looking for a job A new trend among businesses recruiting college talent is the desire for the graduate who will be both an out-outlotk8 out-outlotk8 SpeCklist field a "generalise in his f ,,Te are i"terested in People that are competent in their rni X ?iahZ?tl0?J Said a sPo!esman for Dow Corning Corp But they should also be motivated with a high degree of initiative and capable of independent thought " in setLCgyfeS.e " mind' schooled Frieden Inc., wants "men willing to use their educational background in a program of long hours of work and I studv to develop strong technical sales ability; in othe -word those willing to make sacrifices " orQS' inose |