"ALEX" comes to career center to help students locate jobs
By Tina Shearer
Staff Writer
Career Services has three new com
puter services for students looking for
career information.
ALEX, the automated labor When a student finds a position that
exchange service, is the job search pro- they are interested in, they fill in an
gram that is used by the Pennsylvania information request form and take that
Job Service. to the Job Service Center in their area
Malaysian students
adjust to rigorous
academic schedule
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early, but it's not good because of the lack of
time to improve on my English skills and make
friends," Zakaria said.
"It's not good to go overseas to study and only
have time to stud," he said.
The Malaysian students are very similar to
American students in some ways. Fuad Zakaria
and a group of his friends gathered together to
watch the Tyson fight on the pay-per-view chan
nel. They took a collection to pay the hook-up fee.
They also went to the movies with plans to see
"Dangerous Games" which was sold out, so they
saw "Underseige 2" instead.
"I liked the first "Underseige" movie better,"
Zakaria said.
"We also like to play soccer and we're interested
in learning about American football. I understand
that Penn State has the best college team," Zakaria
added.
Editor's note: This article reflects the
opinions of one Malaysian student who I was able
to contact by our print deadline. His views are not
necessarily representative of all the Malaysian stu -
dents.
Career services now offers
brochures to improve overall
effectiveness, communication
By Danielle C. Hollister
Staff Writer
Do you know what Career Services can do for you?
Now you can easily find out by picking up some of
the various brochures produced by Career Services
over the summer.
Last spring semester, a student group from an
Operation Accounting Control class conducted a
study on the effectiveness of the Career Services
office. "The conclusion was that Career Services has
great resources, but it was not being used enough,"
Karl Martz, Coordinator Career Services, said.
The survey also reported that more information
pieces were needed to better inform people of the
information available through Career Services. Martz
said, "I've always been a firm believer in getting the
word out on the street."
Tina Shearer, a communications senior who
interned in the Career Services office this summer,
assisted Martz in getting the word out. Martz gave
Shearer the necessary information and she designed
the following brochures: "Career Services, Helping
You Shape Your Future," which gives a brief intro
duction to all the services; "Student, Staff and Faculty
Guide to Technology Based Resources,"; "ALEX,"
which explains the automated labor exchange pro
gram and "DISCOVER," which details a computer
based guidance system that can help you make
informed decisions about your educational and career
plans.
"I learned about all the helpful resources available
and I hope that these brochures will let other students
know what's out there," Shearer said.
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through a modem connection.
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Another computer resource new to
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