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national Battalion/Pags; May 5, li; Grads face shaky job scene ^ United Press International • 1 ^ OF ^ Olininp tflcotn | I United Press International Hitting the books in the right field for four years, a little hustle and some luck are reasons for wide smiles on faces of some col ENGINEERS Serving Luncheon Buffet Sunday through Friday FEDERAL POSITIONS jtAT<HO oyrjt fun jj 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.^gj. $4.50 plus tax £ Top Floor of Tower Dining Room J Sandwich & Soup Mon. through Fri. $2.19 plus drink and tax S XOpen to the Public 4. \ “Quality First” Kelly Air Force Base, located in historic San Antonio, will be conducting on-campus interviews for engineers in the aerospace, mechanical, industrial, electronics and safety disciplines on 16 November 1982. For further information, drop by or call the Placement Office. lege seniors these days Hitting the books in the wrong field for four years, not much hustle or bum luck are reasons for down-turned mouths on faces of other college seniors these days. These are the winding down days for the college class of ’82, the hectic few days between the end of school and start of a paycheck. On the nation’s 3,000 college campuses tens of thousands of about-to-be-graduates face the job market. Recruiters have been hitting the campuses but a survey shows they have not made as many job offers at this point as were made at the same time in 1981. The key again is the major field of study. Petroleum engineering gra duates will fare best with starting salaries pegged at $30,432, says one survey report. Music majors won’t find themselves on easy street but the brightest of the computer scien tists, annual average of $22,572, are heading in that direction. How is it possible for possible tor a stu dent to < ‘buy , ’ the most expen sive higher education in history — with a bachelor’s degree at the most expensive colleges now costing upwards of $40,000 — and not have a marketable skill? Dr. Frank Endicott, Evan ston, Ill., emeritus professor of The job situation for new grads is cloudy and there are no firm trends — aside from the fact thatjob offers so far are down, compared to this time last year, says a re port from the College Placement Council Bethlehem, Pa. in Uni- Woolwortlx Satisfaction Guaranrteed • Replacement or Money Refunded DOLLAR s, DAYS Charge it! THESE ADVERTISED ITEMS AVAILABLE AT • F.W. Woolworth Downtown Bryan • F.W. Woolworth Post Oak Mall, C.S. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE SATISFACTION GUARANTEED REPLACEMENT OR MONEY GLADLY REFUNDED education, Northwestern versity, has an answer. Endicott for 36 years has been monitoring the new college grad job market. He monitors hiring patterns of 242 large corpora tions and puts out highly re garded periodic reports. He’s fed up with jobless col lege graduates who recite lita nies of miseries. Only 2 percent of college gra duates are unemployed, Endi cott said. And the way to be em ployed is to check with the col lege placement office as you go through school, especially when selecting a major. If it is pioor, common sense would suggest one switch majors or do a double major — one in a field that equips a person with a marketable skill, he said. The job outlook this spring is not clear, as of the moment, En dicott says. But he is optimistic that the corporations will hire at nearly the rate of 1981. If the economy turns up by fall, that could happen, he said. If the upturn is delayed until the end of 1982, the brighter out look will be delayed until then. The job situation;, po of P Riads is cloudy and firm trends — aside fact that job offers soj down, compared to the year, says a report fro®; lege Placement Counolrj lenem, Pa. But salaries attached fewer number ofjoboi up over those attached ’81 job offers, said Jut; er, head of the coundli ment of statistics. The council’s rej» on reports from 184 offices on 161 college Kayser said the lower of offers runs counteri; ters’ predictions, made of ’81. They had expected Press nomy to turn upandw / for college graduates T,. iyi 0 tinuing a three-year f a ke y figi trend - H.S. host Endicott said compuj a [ on g w jtl lists will maintain hignhi eXt . cu t ive able skills. BL Irani “The computers Turki business and industry.iii^Ms saic ing in on schools and; by I ness and now are invad» a ns, qi home,” he said. “ThisuOtwo Ira growth industry and |j a „ plane eludes the market fora^ritiI fina software. Bp W n th “I think college-trainf|j4ashed puter scientists will corfhere wai be in great demand." n <fit from On the job market gf® staten Endicott said: “I havea|an radio, there will be a cutbackunjiinistry sai 1981 figure. I do notMpMk U p cutback to be very grata’s Gulf "There is a long-ro®h territc mand for graduatesintdit had tap gy, especially engineers fetfcns the long-range needs o(i Public. 1 Di try. Engineers are likely(^d wit! recruited in the same '"Iwne ran as a year ago. There mav!||ty; an d f c a few more. i planned “I have a feeling busintfSi industry are optimistic at®' ■ upturn. Before the end I* year, perhaps in the fall®* ^ C will bring back more confix ^ and a psossible increase« gineering jobs.” I a United Pr< /ASHING About 50 arrests made in Arkansas^ way car high Hdget -a i jfegy sessit kl /Zk O L'llican bud dlCLAt United Press International FORREST CITY, Ark. — With traffic backed up for miles, Arkansas State Police made ab out 50 arrests Monday night and early Tuesday in a roadblock on Interstate 40, stopping each car enroute from Memphis to Little Rock. The charges included driving while intoxicated, possession of marijuana, illegal possession of guns and overweight trucks. As word of the roadblock spread by citizens band radio, several truckers turned off the road to wait at a restaurant, and two unhitched their trailers and left them on the shoulder of the road. But State Police cars post ed on the median and at nearby exits prevented most escapes. State Police Director Tommy Goodwin said the roadblock was a 24-hour saturation check of one of the state’s busiest high ways. About 50 state troopers and 40 officers from such agencies as the Interstate Commerce Com mission, the National Auto mobile Theft Bureau and the lecide on ; Heagan, n julihcan state Highway and Trans:ialed a tion Department’s weigkin for a measures division partcusc Spe: in the roadblock. 4eill and They checked itiHgts. licenses and automobile But a Wh trations and also were prt y did not to check for drugs, stolenwdhange overweight vehicles, veh; itenants fects and other violatiomolrk on a bi eral or state laws. ||e of p: Goodwin said this wr-Meanwl first time a roadblockofthi ders prec had been set up on an intenpublican- highway. dget Con Within five minutesafifagan’s $7 roadblock was set up at Cm budget Monday, traffic was backdjry for more than a mile. 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