Rider University - Shadow Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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Placement Bureau Reports Job Scarcity And a dead-end job is what some students will sadly have to settle for because they've only done a minimum of planning. And there'll be others who will not get any job at all because they did absolutely no planning. As Mrs. Ftosi says, I have yet to see one Rider gradu- ate who knows what he wants to do who can't get a job. lt's never too early to be sure of what you want to do. Ftider's Placement Bureau is a good place to start. lt of- fers each interested student a Career Planning Library, help with resumes and letters, career counseling, part- time and summer job placement, and numerous other services. The future of our nation, and even the world, lies in the hands of the graduates. Will you be the grad that grows or the grad that stagnates? The answer ob- viously is up to the individual student to decide. fi 125

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The Graduate To Hear Sounds 01' Silence by Kathy Santy Times are changing, said Mrs. Francis H. Ftosi of Rider's Placement Bureau. More and more seniors are sadly finding this out. The job market is scarce-too scarce. It used to be that the graduate had the advantage, being able to choose from several companies the one he'd like to work for. Not any more. Now the company chooses the graduate that it wants to hire. Some students really don't understand all the pres- sure that they have on them when they go looking for a job. Just what is today's employer looking for when he interviews a prospective employee? Well, according to Mrs. Ftosi, today's employer looks to see how well you've done. This, of course, means your cume and class rank but also more, much more. Today's employer looks for some leadership on campus, working experience, as well as what responsi- bilities the student has had. He wants to hire a hard worker. ln most cases the major isn't all that important. Often there is no specification made by companies as to what courses they want a student to have. Of course, there are some exceptions. One area that might be helpful is a course in sales- manship, for as Mrs. Flosi puts it, the companies ex- pect a kid to sell himself. lt's got to be a sales job from beginning to end. The product is the student himself. A student is also expected to have done his home- work on the company. He should follow-up every lead he can on the company that he hopefully expects to work for. The company obviously won't buy a product which does not try to sell itself. But there is no substitute for the best planning of all, and that is getting an early start in choosing your ca- reer. And following it up by working, even if it is only part-time or summers, in your chosen field. The ex- perience will be invaluable and may help when the stu- dent looks for a full-time job after graduation. After seeing the seriousness with which the employer goes into the interviews, one might wonder how the stu- dent feels when he goes to them. As one June graduate explained, I feel these inter- views are the most important final exams l'll ever have. Some kids will study two or three hours, maybe more, for a sociology or math test. But not even spend five minutes preparing for an interview when their entire fu- ture could rest on it. This student had done his homework. Not only has he planned ahead, but before each interview he had checked the corporation's Annual Report to see what he could learn about the company which was inter- viewing him. Some might say, Why bother? As he put it, I want to start off in a reasonably re- sponsible position. The pay is not all that important. What counts is whether l'll grow within the company or stagnate in a dead-end job. 124

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