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Books offer hints in job search Texas A&M University’s Place ment Center recommends the fol lowing list of books to help stu dents with their career planning and job searches. Highly Recommended Are You an Occupational Ignoramus? Most students Are... And It’s Risky Business, Brown, Newell; Director of Career Ser vices, Princeton University, The College Placement Council, Beth lehem, Pa. 1977. Presents statements made by the average person with regards to careers. Provides stimuli to get your brain going on “where do you go from here.’’ Also shows the im portance of the Career Planning and Placement Office. Dress For Success, Molloy, john T. and Thomas Hunber, Warner Books, 1975. Discusses how to dress properly in the business world. Research proves that the clothes you wear can evoke conditioned responses from the people you want to im press. Job Hunting for the College Graduate, John Erdlen and Donald Sweet, D.C. Health and Co., Lexington, Mass., 1979. A good general job search guideline. From the beginning of the thought process, through the actual interview. Includes good comments on interview prepara tion, cover letter context and re sume format. So You’re Looking For A Job, The College Placement Council, Inc., Bethlehem, Pa. 1975. Provides assistance to students in getting to know about them selves and what employees are lookig for when they interview candidates. The Quick Job-Hunting Map, Bolles, Richard N., Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1977 (Revised). An instrument designed to identify one’s skills, determine where those could be used, and how to identify employers who use those skills and get hired. Use seven examples from one’s past, provides an eleven page checklist of skills, and outlines a three-step interviewing process. The Three Boxes of Life and How To Get Out of Them, Bolles, Richard N., Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1978. An introduction to life/work planning. Describes some very practical tools which everyone can use to blend the three boxes (or stages) of life; learning, achieve ment, and leisure. Includes “The Quick Job-Hunting Map.” What Color is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job hunters and Career Changes, Bol les, Richard N. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1978 (Revised). Describes the ineffectiveness of the traditional job search, and pre sents a comprehensive alternative method, including skills identifi cation, and an interviewing tech nique. Also includes additional re ferences. Particularly valuable for those for whom a conventional job-hunting plan may be unpro ductive. Who’s Hiring Who, Lathrop, Richard, Ten Speed Press, Ber keley, 1977. Previously published else where, the book shows the new job seeker how to cope with to day’s job market and how and where to get the 600,000 monthly job openings. Particularly good section on resumes with variety of examples. Recommended Tea Leaves: A New Look At Resumes, Bolles, Richard N., Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, 1977. In a job market where face-to- face contact is the most productive method of job hunting, shows how to create a personal profile that will survive die brutal elimination process, reach the hands of the hiring influence, and get one an interview. Jobs 1979: Where They Are — How to Get Them, Wm. N. Yeo mans, Berkeley Publishing Corp., 1979, New York. In lively and occasionally amus ing prose, Jobs 1979 presents the 1979 college graduate with a com prehensive guide to getting a job. The author has many years’ ex perience in the business world. He has recruited and hired thousands of young people and not only knows his subjects but is alert to current employment condi tions. Where Do I Go From Here With My Life? Bolles, Richard N.. Crystal, John C., Seabury Press, New York, 1974. A very detailed step-by-step ex planation of Crystal s very com prehensive system of life/work planning, a manual for students of all ages, instructors, counselors, career seekers and career chan gers. Uses one’s autobiography to identify' skills, factors which deter mine where to use those skills, and an innovative system for gathering information about em ployers. Designed primarily for group instruction, this 16 segment manual presents each assignment from the viewpoint of the student, counselor and instructor. PATH: A Career Workbook for Liberal Arts Students, Figler, Howard E., Carroll Press, Cran ston, R.I., 1975. Twenty practical exercises are presented to give a clear picture of one’s values, priorities, talents and abilities which come natural ly, and how life and work priorities have much in common. Focus is on liberal arts students but applic able to anyone. Here is a list of career develop ment books recommended by Robert B. Nelson, author of “The Job Hunt — The Biggest Job You’ll Ever Have "Goals... ’’Your Career: How to Plan It—Manage It—Change It, Busrkrit, H. Richard, Boston, MA, 1976. Job Guidance Series Nos. 1-40, The Air Force Times, November 20, 1968 to August 5, 1970. Avail able from Crystal Management Services, INC. 6825 Redmond Drive, McLean, VA 22102. Dictionary of Occupational Times, Superintendent fo Docu ments, U.S. Government Print ing Office, Washington D.C. 20402. The Complete Job-Search Handbook, Figler, Howard E., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, NY 1979. Functional Job Analysis Scales: A Desk Aid Method For Manpow er Analysis No. 5, Fine, Sidney A., W.E. Upjon Institute for Em ployment Research, 300 South Westnedge Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michian 49007. Planning Your Future: A Workbook For Personal Goal Set ting, Ford, George A. and Lippitt, Gordon L., University Associates. 7596 Eads Ave, La Jolla, CA, 1972. Good News For College Grads, An annual survey by Changing Times, The Kiplinger Magazine, 1729 H. St. NW, Washington D.C. 20006 YOUR EDUCATION ISN’T OVER IT’S JUST BEGINNING With that in mind, we’ll give you practical hands-on experience in the nuclear industry. We’re Eberline Instrument Corporation, a leading designer and manufacturer of radiation detection and monitoring instruments for the environment, health physics, dosimetry and bio-assay. Headquartered in Sante Fe, New Mexico, you can enjoy year-round hiking, skiing, swimming, opera and dance-New Mexico is the pleasure site of the Sunbelt states. Eberline Instrument offers a competitive salary and an attractive benefits package. If you’re looking for a place to put your educational training to work for you, we’ll provide you with the career challenge and advancement you want. For a career start, start with these available positions: INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER You will be working in the Manufacturing Engineering Group and be responsible for product structuring for computer files and product router definition for the shop floor control portion of the Manufacturing Resources Planning System. We prefer a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering, but will consider Electrical or Mechanical Engineers. MECHANICAL ENGINEER You will be working in our Engineering Department developing mechanical parts for an electronic manufacturing firm that produces radiation instrumentation. You will also assist in the design of radiation detection sampler assemblies and provide support for the Manufacturing Engineering Group. Primary duties include mechanical packaging of electronic and mechanical systems designed to detect and measure radiation; and the design of mechanical parts for those systems which measure radiation in air and liquid systems. A BSME is required with a background in materials and fluid flow preferred. These are entry level positions which allow for career growth and achievement. Join us at Eberline Instrument, for your career opportunity. For more information contact Priscilla Singleton, Personnel Administrator, Eberline Instruments Corporation, P.O. Box 2108, Sante Fe, NM 87501, (505) 471- 3232. Questions ... (Continued from page 8) What should I do ifl think I’m being stalled? Employers often put an ap plicant on hold. This may be because they are waiting for fin al approval of the position of be cause they think they can attract more qualified applicants if they delay. You can force the issue subtly by alluding to another job offer, or you can be more blatant by giving a date by which you need to know. Either method indicates you have a sense of value and self-worth and are not willing to be put off. Be careful, though, not to appear too demanding. I was rejected, but I have no idea why? Chances are small that you’ll ever get the real reason. If you ask, you will be told the reason that you expect to hear. No one likes to argue with a rejected applicant. If, however, you felt that you did have a good chance, you should persist and acquire information that can help you for your next inter view. The feedback as to how you came across is essential to keep you from working in a vacuum. Remember that the entire job-hunting process can be learned experince, and potential for learning is greatest with rejections. What else? If you get an offer, remember that it is on a contractual basis and get all your cards on the table. Do you plan to go home for three weeks withing two months? Can you push for an early performance review of ex tra training? When can you ex pect a salary increase? Most of all: be humble and grateful.