Word: placement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This is the first of five articles written for the CRIMSON by Donald H. Moyer '27, of the Alumni Placement Bureau, on "Business and industry as a Field of Opportunity for College...
...reduce these fantasies to practical terms and to bring some order to the confused thinking and bewilderment of the undergraduate who is "going into business" is a basic function of the Alumni Placement Office. For two reasons college men seeking employment in business and industry should see clearly what their opportunities are and choose intelligently among them. First is fitness for the job and the rewards which come from satisfactory placement. Any reasonably intelligent and personable college man can do many jobs well; he cannot, however, do every jobs well. A thorough and systematic appraisal of business and industrial opportunities...
Cambridge, Dec. 27. A decided increase in the number of positions in private industry open to college graduates was noted by George F. Plimpton '14, Associate Dean of the Alumni Placement Bureau and Student Employment Office...
...uptrend of employment is believed to be partly as result of the reorganization of the office. Plimpton stated that under the new reorganization "It is now possible to register ap- plicants not only in greater numbers but also earlier in the year, thus enabling the placement office to interview more thoroughly and become better acquainted with them and their individual problems before employers begin to seek their services. "As the placement work becomes more widely known it is expected that students will register with the office in Junior or even Sophomore year, thus enabling the staff to start knowing them...
...marked increase in the placement of student job seekers is indicated from the unofficial figures of the University Employment Bureau of December 1, which show a 10 per cent gain in jobs filled as compared with the same jobs a year ago. Added to this is the disclosure that about 1000 University applications for employment have been received up to date, which is slightly less than the number received last year at this time, and that already over 700 jobs have been filled...