Jobs Will Be Abundant For College Graduates

Vast opportunities await job hunters in this year's graduating class, and science majors will be able to practically take their pick of jobs. Alexander Clark, Assistant Director of the Office of Student Placement, said yesterday.

Because of increased defense production and the draft, the demand for college graduates is estimated to be the greatest ever. "There just plain arn't enough guys to fill the jobs." Clark declared.

According to a recent nation-wide survey, the need for men is greatest in the technical field, but there is no field where the demand is not high.

Clark said the draft situation has added to be increasing problems of students as they leave college. "Faced with some form of military service in the near future the student should accept and adjust to it he added.

There are many good jobs available in the Service, however. The Air Force has recently announced that men with scientific training may apply for direct commissions as Second Lieutenants. Engineers, Physicists, mathematician and chemists may be accepted as officers without going through boot camp.

Many companies have disregarded the "draft-bait" status of graduating seniors, however, and have hired them with an eye towards re-employing them when they leave the service. More than 75 percent of the employed men drafted in World War II returned to their jobs, statistics show, and companies keep a sharp eye out for future talent on a long range basis.

Few students graduate at mid-year, but the present job situation indicates the opportunities for June graduates. Employees clamor every day for prospective graduates at the University's Placement Office.

Besides the great demand for scientists, government service offers many open positions to graduate. Accounting and business administration are two other pelds which rank high in job opportunities.

The hardest fields to crack are those of journalism and publishing. Advertising and other forms of writing, such as radio and magazine work, are hard to get into. Although there is a critical need for teaches, schools and colleges are somewhat reluctant to hire them for fear that the draft may induct many students.

The country wide survey disclosed that engineers or science students could start jobs at $300 to $400 a month, and other fields paid not much less. The starting salary for men employed by the government is usually $3400 to $3500 a year.

For a full and comprehensive survey of the Office of Student Placement and its workings, see page 5.