McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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184 Academics Patricia Cloud, 17-year employee of the Place- ment Office, goes out of her way to help all student applicants. (Photo by T. Maricle) Walmart Assistant Manager Mickey Find- ley, a 1984 McNeese graduate, and Tim Nel- son (also with Wal- mart) discuss company policies with James Smythe, a business major at McNeese. (Photo by B. Mericle) Don Washington of Conoco interviews Hank Coates, an engi- neering major, for a job opening. (Photo by B. Mericle) ee eeeeeEEEEEEEeeEeEeEeEeEeEeEEEe——EEeEeEeEeEeEeE————— ia Anthony Jones, an en- gineering major, waits patiently in the lobby of the Placement Office for an interview with Conoco. (Photo by B. Mericle) egy cming Seats sos

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Joe Bava of the Louisi- ana State University Ceramic Department demonstrates the use of a pottery wheel dur- ing a workshop he gave in the Fine Arts Building. (Photo by B. Mericle) Assistant professor of visual arts Larry Schuh discusses one of the displays with Tammie Morgan, a sophomore art major, at the show- ing of Edwin Pinkston’s work. (Photo by D. Gib- son) Gerry Bader admires a work at one of the many exhibits held in the Abercrombie Art Gallery. (Photo by D. Gibson) Kathy Olson, assistant professor of visual arts, and marketing and management in- structor Paul Arnold scrutinize the artworks at a fall showing in the Abercrombie Gallery. (Photo by D. Gibson) Abercrombie Gallery 183

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When you're ready to search for that first special job, the McNeese Placement Center can help you in Starting a New Career When nearing graduation, students should try to take advantage of the McNeese State University Placement Center. The Placement Center, which is overlooked by many students, sends invi- tations letters to corporations across the United States to help in employee recruit- ing efforts. The Placement Center offers a free re- sume service, and can provide students with free valuable career reference mate- rials and job recruiting information. A part-time job service is also offered through the Placement Office where a card file is kept on available job openings. A student can refer to this file year round for possible job options. Another service is the practice of keeping applications on file. Among these are teacher applica- tions for every parish in the state. Patricia Cloud, Placement Center sec- retary, recommends that students start a placement file at least two semesters be- fore their graduation. Included in the file should be a standard college interview form, a student resume, and forms for stu- dent evaluations by professors. “There are so few jobs,’’ Cloud said, “and so many people applying for the same position.’ A company usually schedules interviews on one day only, and grants about 12 interviews during that day, she pointed out. A number of McNeese graduates who have located jobs through the Placement Center have returned to McNeese in re- cent years as interviewers. The compa- nies they represent seem to feel it helps to keep a good rapport with the university. Matching gift funds are popular with indi- vidual companies. If an employee of a company makes a sizable donation to the Placement Office of his Alma Mater, the company often matches it. Louisiana school boards, Amoco, Arco Oil Gas, and McElroy, Quirk Co., (a local CPA firm) are a few of the companies that ac- tively seek employees from McNeese. Amoco, a major corporate interviewer, has chosen McNeese as one of only a few universities to interview possible employ- ees. Overall, McNeese students have made a favorable impression on the interview- ing companies. Most companies feel that the students are prompt, well-dressed and have good communication skills, a benefit of both the student and McNeese’s reputation as a quality univer- sity. Placement 185