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Wednesday, August 30 5:30-7:00 P.M. 102 Blocker for beginners and wannabe experts Wednesday, September 6 5:30-7:00 P.M. 102 Blocker for intermediate and advanced users Page 2 • The BATTALION JL^ ^2 O 1 JL JLL Tuesday * September 5,1 Career Center encourages students to prepare for job search early r* nr-^rri'arvi nrki/t/ -illrktA/c lows the companies to decide whom to in- made some good changes,” I lie progrdill now dlltl a terview. The network can be accessed from had an interview here la! CZvyjvtpus State 2 Burgers 2 Fries $2 2216 S. TX (Bryan) 202 SW Pkwy (College Station) □ The program now allows job-hunting students to choose which companies receive their resumes. Previously, students had to bid for interviews. By Melissa Keerins The Battalion Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors^ Texas A&M students who are graduat ing within the next few semesters need to begin their job searches soon, the Career Center’s associate director said. Dr. Glen Payne said seniors should reg ister with the center now. “Companies are starting to give out their schedules, and many are approach ing deadlines,” Payne said. “Everyone graduating in May or August needs to at tend a placement orientation and get a disc resume so they can start getting on- campus interviews.” The center now uses the Career Re source Network, which students use to se lect where their resumes are sent, and al lows the companies to decide whom to in terview. The network can be accessed from several on-campus computing centers. This replaces the bid system that the career center previously used. Students were allotted a certain number of points. If students wanted an interview with a cer tain company, they had to bid some of their points. The interview went to the highest bidder. Students may purchase a computer disc resume from the MSC bookstore to get started. Then the students can begin campus interviews with companies that recruit at A&M. Last year, 1,005 companies came to campus to interview prospective students, and another 2,000 companies listed jobs with the center. The center had 5,600 reg istered students. Payne said that corporations and firms are looking for A&M students to fill their job vacancies. “We did 21,400 on-campus interviews last year,” he said. “That shows companies are interested in hiring Aggies.” Sherri Clark, a senior accounting major, said she used the center to look for a job and has already had one interview through the center. “I used it last year, and they have made some good changes,” Clark said. “I had an interview here last year, and I hope to get more.” Carol LeValley, a senior marketing major, said she comes to the center to look for internships. “I check to see if companies are hiring in my field,” LeValley said. “I haven’t had an interview yet, but I hope to find a job soon.” The center has several resources to help students of all classifications find jobs, in ternships and co-ops. The Career Resources Library con tains current information about careers and employment opportunities. The li brary also contains company information files and videos about interviewing and other job-hunting skills. Workshops are offered regularly about interviewing and resume preparation. Gwen Lucas, graduate assistant to the center’s director, said students can call the center for any information on job searching. “The directors do advising or counsel ing,” Lucas said, “especially to answer questions about resumes that haven’t been said in a seminar.” Lucas also said when something is hap pening at the center, they have informa tion in What’s Up, and fliers will be posted around campus. 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Travel (free military airlift & opportunities to live overseas!) Call Captain Mark Tate ‘89 or Major Russ Graves ‘80 at 845-7611 for further details □ A decrease in well paying, prestigious jobs has contributed to a highly competitive job market. Congratulations ★ AX£2 ★ New Members SAN ANTONIO (AP) — While most Texans likely didn’t labor Monday, some may be idle longer than they would like. The average minimum time for land ing a job has gone from three months to six, the Texas Work Force Commission says. Regionally, the number of well- paying manufacturing and gov ernment jobs is dwindling. De mand for lesser-paying jobs such as for teachers, nurses, construc tion workers and tourism-related positions — is growing, according to research from the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Institute for Studies in Business. Eva Lawrence, a May gradu ate of Texas A&M University, has been arduously looking for work since January. She’s had only a handful of interviews, despite having an impressive grade point average, solid computer skills and the ability to speak both English and Spanish. “A lot of people told me, ‘You’re female, you’re Hispanic, you’re bilingual and that should help,’ but so far it hasn’t,” said Lawrence, who earned a bache lor’s degree in political science and a minor in biological sci ences. “I’m really frustrated. I’ve talked to a lot of my friends — some of whom graduated in De cember — and they’re in the same position.” Welcome to the changing U.S. workplace, which regular ly is being reshaped by the evo lution of technology. The new workplace requires that the women and men in it be more flexible, work harder — often for less money — and be better educated. And job-seekers like Lawrence must be more patient, experts say. A lot has changed since the days when labor unions were at their peak, regularly negotiat ing higher wages and better working conditions for the ma jority of workers. Today’s work force is about as white collar as it is blue, and the computer has become its basic tool. Until recently, the U.S. work force has changed gradually, with “seismic changes” - such as the job losses in the Texas oil patch in the 1980s — an occasion al occurrence, said Allen Itz, re gional director of the Texas Work Force Commission. But today’s workers, Itz said, ^ will see more of those quakes, and they will need to be better prepared for them. U: some oi working ing to di Dr. B tbpolo, five sui Kenya. 1 recons telash r trict of K 'Afric iiikson lobe mi. thought.’ Dicks found ev area as f “We h human r< Dicks< er Dr. thropolog in the are The M ject of Cr “I thoi tunity foi ®habite< jatheren while to sarea. 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