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Show " ' ' - I V timely report on opportunities The Secretary of Eabor gives for today's job seekers as well os for those WIRTZ planning careers for tomorrow By W. WILLARD keeping, stenography, business-machioperation, and computer skills are in highest demand. Jobs are increasing rapidly for policemen, firemen, and other protective services in urban and suburban communities. Service workers in health fields, such as ne ol WWA T and many employers demand even further education. Machines are doing away with unskilled work and with the jobs once available to dropouts. Unemployment among dropouts is about twice as high as among graduates as and three times high as among workers with some colhigh-scho- ol face a paradox in W3this country today: there is persistent unem- high-scho- ol ploymentyet at the same time there is a shortage of . worKers quauneu w mi existing job openings! lege training. In terms of income, a college graduate can expect to earn $180,000 more in his lifetime than a graduate, can expect to while the latter earn $100,000 more than the President Kennedy, in submit high-scho- ol ting his comprehensive manpower report to Congress recently, said ? "Greater employment op- rrtlr -- AVJ A a - Anil - n puiiuumw sura ever more capable of making use of such opportunities . . . are among the foremost domes tic needs of the nation." That report went on to show that our increasing rate of unemploymentabout 5V4 percent of the work force is our country's greatest waste of its natural resources. Why is there this failure to mesh available jobs with available job seekers? This paradoxical situation results from factors that have been operating for some time. Among them are : the emergence of new industries and products and the decline of old ones; the impact of new technologies, notably automation; shifts in the location of industries; shifts in market demands; the effects of foreign competition; and the entry of a "bumper crop" of young people into the labor force. One thing we can do about the situation is to realize that today belongs to the educated and trained and that tomorrow the demand for skills will be hospital attendants and practi cal nurses, also are needed. Sales jobs increase with population and spending, particularly in real estate and insurance. Top sales jobs are for rocket components and computers, but these require Borne specialized training. There also is a mounting need for mechanics and repairmen who can install and maintain the complex appliances and machines used in our society. Technicians with vocational or junior-colleg- e training are in great demand. These include engineering technicians trained in electronics, mechanics, chemistry, metallurgy, and most other areas of technology, as well as medical technicians, nurses, and dental hygienists. w- AM person who finished only gram- mar school. The facts cry out: don't sell yourself and your country short by failing to get all the education you can. What are the best jobs? For those who are either job hunting today or planning careers for tomorrow, here is the most picture of the work situation, based on Department of Labor studies. Good Jobs for High-SchoGraduates: Those with special skills acquired in vocational, business, or high school, the armed services, or apprentice-trainin- g programs have the best opportunities. Despite more automation in offices, the netd for skilled clerical workers la expected to grow up-to-da- te I recipients generally are receiving between $4,500 and $7,200 a year. The Federal government, the largest single employer of new college graduates, pays beginners with a 0 bachelor's degree $4,565 to a year, based on scholastic achievement $5,-54- WAlTtt Labor Day vttkmd usually bringt hordtt of folk to thi btachtlik4 that thru btnt on enjoying that lat WttiQr bit of tummtr. AVtOOW C WITTVS MOCTON 1X3 Out JOBS? egree by more than four million by pkotographtd by L. ge bachelor-d- UOMAtO I. $ $6,-50- Good Jobs for College Graduates: This year's ol COVER: ttrn-cger- The demand for scientists and engineers coul4 average about 100,000 a year during this decade; Chemists, engineers, mathematicians, and physicists are getting the highest starting salaries. Teaching, the largest profession, is plagued with persistent shortages. Elementary and secondary schoolteachers start at from $400 to $450 a month, with secondary teachers often earning the higher amount. Also critically needed are physiotherapists, nutritionists, laboratory technicians, medical librarians, pharmacists, and clinical psychologists. Many social workers are needed, too. Lawyers and accountants are in demand because of our more complicated corporate structures and tax laws and our increasing middle-incom-e population. Be0 ginning positions average a year. I have concentrated on jobs in greatest demand, but individual interests, aptitudes, and long-rangoals are the primary 1975. Persons trained in book- even greater. Beginning jobs now go to high-schograduates, H. in kir JFhmily Weakly fM trUmt U tV Stptrmb !, IKJ riKttr v. hit Vil UN KAtTMAM Mtuxti m rtort r rtOatliWO A KXXt, tC 111 M. Mfafefm ! rtutr en ma Art IL.t m& imWIMiiihiI tHl ckwf f tottrr rtxwuo f JVM flUKt I. considerations in finding the best job. With sufficient education, there is a tremendous variety of careers in which to find excellent job opportunities. Tomorrow belongs to those who face it honestly who see change as an essential quality of growth, who see growth as the meaning of life, and who believe that the future is a good idea. A. CV- - 1. I. AJI rtfMt jrJr tt rw sai |