Job Market Encouraging For PSH Students By Cathie McCormick Musser Capital Times Editor In Chief Timing is everything. By choice or chance, current PSH students are graduat ing into the strongest job market Career Service Coordinator Karl Martz has seen in 24 years. "Employers are struggling," Martz reports. "They call me every day." Corporations take recruitment seriously and many recognize the value of recruit ing on college campuses. An article from the National Association of Colleges and Employers estimates that college hiring will increase 23.4 percent in 2001. According to Martz, while the job market for technology-based positions is strongest, the market overall is good. The most heavily recruited majors are the sci ence, engineering and technology pro- grams At PSH, employer recruitment takes many forms. Almost 50 percent of the advertising in the campus newspaper The Capital Times during the fall 2000 semes ter targeted students seeking flexible part time employment while in school. According to Martz, corporations like KMPG, Northrup/Grumman and Venator Group actively interview and hire gradu ates directly through PSH career services. More than 100 employers attended the annual Capital Region Internship/Co-op Fair on Nov. 2. Harlem Renaissance Lecture page 3 Volume 41, No. 7 Monday, NO\ ember 20, 2000 The Internships represent an important recruitment strategy for many employers. Milton Hershey School Recruitment and Selection Specialist Leigh C. Farrar sees interns as "possible employees of the future." Farrar distributed internship applications and provided information on paid positions currently available at MHS at the fair. She agrees that the job market is strong. She added that MHS recruit ment practices include retention strate gies. "This is totally different than 20 years ago," Farrar said. "People don't stay in positions long. Most are expected to have five to seven jobs before they're 30, and 12 to 15 jobs over their careers." According to Farrar, HR departments Campus Police Report page 4 tudent Voice of Penn Stat Campus Calendar page 10 Campus Reacts To National "Indecisive Day" By Cathie McCormick Musser Capital Times Editor In Chief The excitement leading to the 2000 presidential election collapsed into an anticlimatic heap on Nov. 8. More than 11 days later, awash in yet another national media event of biblical proportions, the PSH community waits for the legal dust to settle so a commander in chief can emerge. As of Nov. 8, Vice President Gore had won the popular vote, George W. Bush controlled the majority of electoral col lege votes, but neither held the required number of electoral college votes: 270. Florida's 25 votes were tied up in a recount required by law due to the slim popular vote margin. Crowds gathered around campus TV monitors for days. Jessica Schally, a com puter science major, watched the cover age. "I don't have a TV, so I watch it here," she said. But, Schalley also felt the coverage shouldn't "supercede all other programs." By Nov. 17, the campus bulletin board had returned to the TV monitors and the headlines peeking from the newspaper stands had gotten smaller. Continued on Page 2 CoMotion performers Stephen Spiese and Terri Mastrobuono travel through time in a humorous look at serious college career decisions on Nov. 15. PSU Slams MSU page 12 e Harrisburg
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