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MSU study finds tougher labor mark
creating problems for college seniot
By Maryanne George
KRT CAMPUS
Adrienne Brown has sent out
more than 40 resumes and been on
four job interviews recently. But if
she doesn't land a job by the time
she graduates from Michigan
State University next month, she'll
be working as an office assistant
at a campus dorm.
Brown, 22, is one of thou
sands of college seniors search
ing for jobs in a tough labor
market. Although hiring of col
lege graduates with bachelor's
degrees is expected to increase
overall between 3 and 8 percent,
it is declining in some fields,
according to a study released
Nov. 20 by MSU.
The 33rd annual survey of 450
employers by MSU's Collegiate
Employment Research Institute
found that while the job market is
improving in areas such as biolog
ical and physical sciences, com
puter science graduates will find
few openings.
Among the study’s findings:
Employers with hiring plans
will create an approximately 9-
percent expansion in jobs.
Graduates are more likely to
find jobs in retail, construction,
finance, health and hospitality
and less likely to find spots in
manufacturing, transportation,
professional services and infor
mation services.
Internships and co-op jobs
are the preferred path to a job.
Employers want candidates
wl)o communicate well and are
willing to learn new skills.
Adrienne Brown, 22, of East Lansing, Michigan, a senior and communications major specializing in publicreloS
graduate from Michigan State University on Dec. 6. Brown will be competing for jobs with people who Iwe
the job market for five or six years.
Starting salaries are increas
ing only 1-2 percent and
decreasing in some fields com
pared to last year.
Brown, who majored in com
munications at MSU. is amazed
at the competition.
"There aren't as many open
ings now," said Brown, who
lives in East Lansing and works
part time at MSU's office of uni
versity relations and as an office
assistant at the Case-Wonders
residence hall on campus.
"I'm competing with people
who speak three languages and
Federal agents raid
Hells Angels sites
By Tim Molloy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MONTEREY PARK. Calif. — Law enforcement agents raided
Hells Angels motorcycle gang hangouts across the West on
Wednesday and made at least 57 arrests after a two-year undercov
er investigation into drugs and guns.
Federal agents hit Hells Angels headquarters and clubhouses in
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Arizona, Washington state, Nevada and
Alaska in pre-dawn raids.
Forty arrests were made by federal officials, and local police
arrested another 17 in California on state charges. It was not imme
diately clear how many people were arrested on local charges in
other states.
The investigation included law enforcement agents who offered
to buy explosives from members of the motorcycle gang, Donald R.
Kincaid, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles office,
said at a news conference.
“We purchased some stolen military explosives,” he said, adding
that they were identified as military property by lot numbers and other
distinguishing marks.
Items seized in Los Angeles included about 50 firearms and a
quarter-pound of suspected methamphetamine, bureau officials said.
At the news conference, agents displayed motorcycle jackets,
memorabilia and rifles, shotguns, semiautomatic weapons and pis
tols seized from the clubhouse.
Helmeted ATF agents raided the Hells Angels headquarters in
Sparks, Nev., making one arrest and confiscating several items. One
member of the club told KRNV-TV the agents took mostly clothing
and trophies.
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have had more internships or
have been in the job market for
five or six years. I'll just keep
trying until I find a job."
Phil Gardner, director of the
research institute and author of the
study, said given the poor labor
market of the last three years for
college grads, the 3-8 percent hir
ing increase is good news.
"But we have engineers work
ing at Home Depot making half of
what they expected," Gardner
said. "Seniors need to do some
soul-searching about what makes
them unique and how they can
match up with the com|
seeking those talents.’
Andrew Pattersonj
graduate from MSU me
with a bachelor’s degree
keting. is confident
job soon. On Thursday,)
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expects to hire 30
sales managers nation*
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a company recruiter
viewed Patterson,
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Alleged cannibal
says victim
wanted to be killed
KASSEL, Germany (AP) — A
German computer expert —
charged with killing, dismem
bering and eating the flesh of
an Internet acquaintance —
made a detailed confession at
the opening of his murder trial
Wednesday. The accused said
he was only doing what the vic
tim wanted.
Armin Meiwes, 42, gave
chilling testimony about how
his fantasy of finding someone
to become “a part of me”
turned real.
Meiwes described matter-of-
factly how Bernd Juergen
Brandes, 43, traveled from Berlin
to visit him in March 2001 in
reply to an Internet advertise
ment seeking a young man for
“slaughter and consumption.”
Hong Kong’s snake M
is suffering a severed
crunch after mainland affl
ties banned exports dr;|
BARS outbreak,
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ratory illness was
wildlife in southern China 1
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SARS aftermath:
no snake soup in
Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) — Nothing
holds off Hong Kong’s winter chill
like a hearty bowl of snake soup.
Many restaurants are missing
the rpain ingredient.
WASHINGTON (A
President George W. f
Wednesday signed lei
giving the governmentttieij
ity to require drug compal
to test medicines toensofcl
dosages are approprial
children.
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and properly
use in children.
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