| Show The Emp Employ f 1 They're re UTe Graduates J Y t b d rd r- r From student A survey of last years year's spring and summer graduates shows about 80 per cent of them have jobs in their field of study or related field Heading the readily employable employable employable employ employ- able list is the executive secretary program with nine graduates and nine employed Other fields showing high employment employment employment em em- rates are Architectural D Drafting ra Barbering Building Co Construction n ct ion Cosmetology Electricity Electronics General Office Heavy-duty Heavy Mechanics Machine Shop Nurse Aide Power Pow Pow- er Sewing Practical Nursing Printing Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Steno and Weld Weld- ing I In n addition of the graduates graduates graduates ates returned to for continuing continuing continuing contin contin- programs Also ten students went on to year four-year colleges Considering some students weren't contacted the employment figure could be higher This study reveals that the high employment opportunities advertised by various private and public agencies as well as this school are fact and not fancy Because of the high employment employment employment employ employ- ment rate in vocational-technical vocational fields Utah Tech expects another large increase in student- student body numbers next fall Presently the Utah State Advisory Council for Vocational and Technical Education publishes publishes publishes pub pub- lishes that at least 80 per cent of the States State's jobs can be found in professions requiring less than a year four-year degree And they're good paying jobs too Examples are numerous says Pres Jay L. L Nelson of young men and women garnering excellent salaries after graduating from our one and year two-year pro pro- grams He adds I 1 can think of examples in electricity and auto body repair where our graduates make over a year The electricity graduate after our year one-year program started with a construction firm for an hour Actually only 21 graduates reported were unemployed Also 10 graduates have enrolled in year four-year colleges Utah Tech's sudden increase in fall quarter enroll enrollment ment nearly 30 per cent is further indication that vocational-technical vocational tion will become continually more important to the employability employability employability employ- employ ability of Utah's work force 1 r j TM L. L iJ To employee |
