Show The Utah Statesman MHO Career Monday October 12 1?T1 rrrtl Developmient Center helps students make cliofsa "If you don’t know where you’re going you’U wind up someplace else” At a student can find out where he she is going by resorting to numerous oobon the shelves of USU’s Career Development Center With a little help from the center and two computers the SIGI and the CIS a student can easily in the selection of a lifetime career in a little gsd the enough material to help hours two than gge Tbs new service is designed for all students who need a little help digging interests and values to find a career suitable for them up their own Glen Maw director of the Career Development Center the en-to According on humanistic psychology based is program g For example if a student wishes to attain a prestigious job with desire does not but hours godble the Ip continue his education is out of ttuputer will teU him he bcfc However if the student watt the same occupational position and desires to continue his colege education the computer will give him a list of jobs suitable USU ut high-payin- to his likings “The computer talks to you and you can talk to the computer” aid Kathy Worthen career planni- Work study students help in the center and are there to assist on the puters and answer questions “We work on a said “The work study kids are so excited about the program' The Career Development Center is sending out over 100 letters to tions for information They have a list of 13000 organisations that (acted and 80 binders full of useful material Maw says that people have important choices in life that they can coatral not be a victim of circumstances “A career is not a job” he said “It’a a lifetime planning endeavor” According to Maw a meaningful question for a student to ask ! or hendf is “who am I?” There are n is "ny answers but among the moot jwpw what does a student do now and intend to do later “One definition far ‘career in eludes not only employment but leisure interests di& and a2 that you do for the remainder of your life” says Maw "However employment will probably be at the center of yotur life wkh the other activities revolving around i student-to-stude- nt r:t it” ! Maw says that due to the changng and placement specialist who ing needs in the world of work —m in the center two days a more and more employers are conweek cerned about the graduate's ability If you’re looking for prestige to move quickly into the variety independence leadership workforce “Even though career oriecurity in a career the SIGI explorations selection and wil give you a list of those types preparation are an ongoing proof jobs cess the college attendance offers The GIS is the other computer timely occasions for increased atused by the center This tention to career devefopfcnent for computer pumps out information concerning most students The changing occupations graduate schools tuitworld of work continues to require ion enrollment and skills and an ability to adapt them programs that are best for the field a student to the changing technology” The Career Development The shelves in the Center SC Glen Maw works with a number of students each day in aiding Aggie in the selection of a Center helps prepare student in Room 313 are loaded with infor-athis manner by providing testing career Ted Holtz a sophomore engineering student will use SIGI to come to a decision books and free pamphlets and information Tearing indude to lid the students in the Interest Inventory to aid student in identifying and gaining knowledge of different jobs available in the field they choose "We have a section assessing interest patterns personal preferences and life values Through just for women” said Worthen ‘‘and careers hr those who are coming back to school after a long specific questions the test sorts out a student’s likes and didikes concerning period of time” The career center also carries The work Once this is done and the results fed into a computer a list of occupaOccupational Outlook Handbook which hundreds of careers nature of work and places of employment tions compatible with the student's likes is compiled “The most important Maw also teaches a career development dam each quarter in which he deal i thing we want to stress to the students is that the wttr is a comfortable homey place” said Worthen “It is set up to look nice with many of the topics that are available in a walk-i- n basis in the m Strong-Campbe- ll ex-pla- ns theitudents” center- - c Placement Center in new location lists many opamsEi USU i Career Placement office now on the ground floor of the vBtvtitily Inn provides a number of t° ‘t students in finding W— career employment Csreer counselors are available to dents on all aspects of job-ar- e able to deal with every discipline These 1 are available to students on 4-0- 1 basis The office also assists in internships “operative education to provide w’t1 Poetical work experience ®eir field of study These pP provide those students who up their mind an oppor °r work ex-2dl as a chance for the 10 explore career options ntay be earned as well as crdit through these pro- - jfde ?“ w”” 1®® y i bo houses a resource offers students current best authors on such reuroc wrting interviewing r employment strategy P°1‘on from around bttZy du-T- kept on file in the °®ce in such fields as 1 lad industry federal and state government and public school systems More than 350 company binders are available for students to research prior to an interview or sending out a resume Companies and agencies have also sent free material for students to have This material explains about the company and its career opportunities There are more than 375 boxes of this free material available to students Information on national job opportunities cost of living indexes overseas employment women and minorities and the college placement annual are available A service which director Dave Hart calls “particularly effective” is the workshop program which provides information on a number of careerseeking topics Each Monday Wednesday and Friday from 3:30 to 4:30 are held seminars on interviewing and resume writing as well as a number of other topics More than 2300 students were involved in these workshops last year Recruiters from companies all over the United States visit USU’s placement office to interview Aggies More than 4170 interviews by more than 315 agencies took place here last year Once registered in the Placement Center— at no fee — a student is able to interview with these major companies According to Kathy Worthen career planning and placement specialist USU students can get a wealth of information from the center Statistics and reports come in daily to help in the career and job search For instance Worthen provides the following data: The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that data processing engineering accounting sales and marketing will provide increasing job opportunities in the years ahead In computer science with BS and MS levels unemployment is almost unknown High Technology industries in the US are expanding rapidly and employment prospects have never been better According to the Placement and Recruitment Exchange the most acute shortage for college graduates is in Electrical Engineering and Computer ibility and adaptability of liberal aits students will make the job to job and career to ' A Salary Survey conducted by the College Placement Council m March 1981 found that entry level trjaeat averaged 122244 to t32S7 per yeer e mere— The biggest percentage offers w— for starting salary and earth sesesue graduatrs Eibry c fen for there students have jrrrgrJ t3 121912 annual average jobs are related to energy tbvil ment Salaries in the high tet±nc!j 7 L !— grams are akyrockecutj SO fr ‘ high of approximately i computer scientists per year wLi going begging ZC ? Akhough there is a tLT--itt liberal arts majors they my C i -- u tfCri n 170 j t' diSoiktoEadhkidce: related to their mrjor salaries average 1120 par t’ jr Ch— grg 7kw regard Science There clearly exists a future for the liberal arts major The tangible rewards become very real The average graduate will in all probabili-t- y experience 10 job changes and three lifetime career alterations Flex -- maturity and important attributes U j Maturity adUsegrr-vocationa- l focus what you or at wot to 6 1 rt t 1 |