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University of Iowa anti-war protests, 1968
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acement Office Busy in the pro- e office's of- size the ad- work. The e called the lanning and areer Advis- Office, she o registered interviewed staff to find or' he was is qualifica- ake sugges- he best way oals. tudents reg- 6-67 season. eason is not rs and grad- to register. ce those are panies were i. fice staff is Barnes, as- Grace Files, art-time sec- clerk who l ary up to e counselor. services to Barnes said, just a rou- has a vast memory for names and incidences, sat back in her chair and listed a few examples of students that she and her office had advised. One student wanted to major in French but had no idea what type of work he wanted to do, she said. So she suggested that he get a broad background in addition to his French so that he would be able to go into a number of fields, perhaps not even directly related to French. A company, which had a visiting University student turn in an excessive expense account, had written Miss Barnes, questioning the judgment of the student. Miss Barnes said she talked to the student to try to straighten the problem out. Office Is Advisory Miss Barnes noted that one reason their office was an advisory office was that some students had trouble getting jobs not because of their grades but because of personal characteristics, such as lack of integrity and aggressiveness. She said many companies were more interested in the kind of person a student was than what his academic qualifications were. There are nine interviewing rooms in the placement office and additional space is used around campus for the approximately 350 companies which send representatives during the year. An additional 400 to 500 companies are contacted by mail or phone during the year. Between 25 to 30 government agencies, including the armed services, the Peace Corps and the CIA (which cancelled this year because of fear of demonstrations). On Miss Barnes' desk was a calendar for the 1968-69 recruiting season. Many days, even in February and March, were already filed. The 1967-68 calendar was almost completely filled. Whenever the placement office isn't bracing itself for a protest, it schedules an average of 135 to 150 interviews a day. It has reached a high of 185 interviews in one day. The "placement season," that is, when recruiting interviews are held, begins near the first of November and continues to Christmas vacation. It is not started again until the first Monday after finals, and then it runs until late in the spring. Miss Barnes said the office tried not to schedule two similar companies at the same time, such as Ford and General Motors. This enabled the student to see both companies, she said. Firm Gets Profile Sheet Before each company came, Miss Barnes said, a profile sheet was made out showing the number of openings in different areas which that company wanted to fill. She said the placement office then tried to contact people who might be interested in the different areas. However, as in the case of accounting students or some other areas, not every student is notified of every opening because there are so many. A list of students who want to interview is made up and the company is notified, usually a couple of days in advance, of how many students are going to interview. Besides the regular list, she said she also may show company the papers of a Ph. D. [photo] MISS HELEN BARNES Director of the Placement Office candidate who might qualify although the company may not have specifically asked for a Ph.D. candidate. She said she also showed companies the papers of servicemen who have written that they are getting out in two or three months, and who might be qualified for a job. She stressed the fact that students who were going into service as soon as they graduate should still register. She said that when they got out and wanted to use the placement service they often had difficulty in finding old teachers for references. She said she also contacted many of the other departments around campus to see if they had any students who might be interested in a company, particularly if the company had an unusual job to fill. She said that because of the amount of publicity that their office puts out and the number of contacts with other University departments and teachers, their office probably handled more unregistered students than registered ones. Office Handles Summer Jobs In addition to permanent placement the office also handles summer jobs which are 'career oriented." This includes newspaper internships, accounting work, and students who work with business executives for the summer to get the "feel" of the business. Miss Barnes said their office followed up on summer help to see how they liked their work. Along with the advisory work and information gathering and setting up of interviews, the placement office contains an extensive library. On one wall of the library is a cabinet of information folders on companies which interview regularly. On the opposite wall is information on government agencies, more permanent files on the larger companies and files on those which will soon interview. Some of the material may be checked out. There are also file cabinets on [advertisement] c. [advertisement] IOWA CITY DRIVE-IN Theatre BEATTY NAWAY [advertisement] SPECIAL UNDAES [advertisement] ACADEMY AWARD MINATIONS LUDING
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acement Office Busy in the pro- e office's of- size the ad- work. The e called the lanning and areer Advis- Office, she o registered interviewed staff to find or' he was is qualifica- ake sugges- he best way oals. tudents reg- 6-67 season. eason is not rs and grad- to register. ce those are panies were i. fice staff is Barnes, as- Grace Files, art-time sec- clerk who l ary up to e counselor. services to Barnes said, just a rou- has a vast memory for names and incidences, sat back in her chair and listed a few examples of students that she and her office had advised. One student wanted to major in French but had no idea what type of work he wanted to do, she said. So she suggested that he get a broad background in addition to his French so that he would be able to go into a number of fields, perhaps not even directly related to French. A company, which had a visiting University student turn in an excessive expense account, had written Miss Barnes, questioning the judgment of the student. Miss Barnes said she talked to the student to try to straighten the problem out. Office Is Advisory Miss Barnes noted that one reason their office was an advisory office was that some students had trouble getting jobs not because of their grades but because of personal characteristics, such as lack of integrity and aggressiveness. She said many companies were more interested in the kind of person a student was than what his academic qualifications were. There are nine interviewing rooms in the placement office and additional space is used around campus for the approximately 350 companies which send representatives during the year. An additional 400 to 500 companies are contacted by mail or phone during the year. Between 25 to 30 government agencies, including the armed services, the Peace Corps and the CIA (which cancelled this year because of fear of demonstrations). On Miss Barnes' desk was a calendar for the 1968-69 recruiting season. Many days, even in February and March, were already filed. The 1967-68 calendar was almost completely filled. Whenever the placement office isn't bracing itself for a protest, it schedules an average of 135 to 150 interviews a day. It has reached a high of 185 interviews in one day. The "placement season," that is, when recruiting interviews are held, begins near the first of November and continues to Christmas vacation. It is not started again until the first Monday after finals, and then it runs until late in the spring. Miss Barnes said the office tried not to schedule two similar companies at the same time, such as Ford and General Motors. This enabled the student to see both companies, she said. Firm Gets Profile Sheet Before each company came, Miss Barnes said, a profile sheet was made out showing the number of openings in different areas which that company wanted to fill. She said the placement office then tried to contact people who might be interested in the different areas. However, as in the case of accounting students or some other areas, not every student is notified of every opening because there are so many. A list of students who want to interview is made up and the company is notified, usually a couple of days in advance, of how many students are going to interview. Besides the regular list, she said she also may show company the papers of a Ph. D. [photo] MISS HELEN BARNES Director of the Placement Office candidate who might qualify although the company may not have specifically asked for a Ph.D. candidate. She said she also showed companies the papers of servicemen who have written that they are getting out in two or three months, and who might be qualified for a job. She stressed the fact that students who were going into service as soon as they graduate should still register. She said that when they got out and wanted to use the placement service they often had difficulty in finding old teachers for references. She said she also contacted many of the other departments around campus to see if they had any students who might be interested in a company, particularly if the company had an unusual job to fill. She said that because of the amount of publicity that their office puts out and the number of contacts with other University departments and teachers, their office probably handled more unregistered students than registered ones. Office Handles Summer Jobs In addition to permanent placement the office also handles summer jobs which are 'career oriented." This includes newspaper internships, accounting work, and students who work with business executives for the summer to get the "feel" of the business. Miss Barnes said their office followed up on summer help to see how they liked their work. Along with the advisory work and information gathering and setting up of interviews, the placement office contains an extensive library. On one wall of the library is a cabinet of information folders on companies which interview regularly. On the opposite wall is information on government agencies, more permanent files on the larger companies and files on those which will soon interview. Some of the material may be checked out. There are also file cabinets on [advertisement] c. [advertisement] IOWA CITY DRIVE-IN Theatre BEATTY NAWAY [advertisement] SPECIAL UNDAES [advertisement] ACADEMY AWARD MINATIONS LUDING
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