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Through a small miracle of timing and placement, the news story revealing definite preparations for a United Nations armed force, appeared in Tuesday's papers neatly juxtaposed with a tailor-made of the need for a Force: the story of the plot against the French government. This melodramatic plan thus highlighted one of the most heartening moves in recent months in the direction of an autonomous supra-national authority in world affairs...
Instead of an all day session of registration today, Mem Hall will be open for only four and a half hours, from 8:30 to 1 o'clock. Afternoon hours will be consumed by placement tests...
Basically, the Placement Office is a combination of clearing house and guidance center. Its primary task is to reconcile the requirements of interested employers with the inclinations and aptitudes of job-hunting students. This task is frequently complicated by the applicant's ignorance of his own interests and abilities, in which case Teele will step in as vocational counselor...
...large proportion of applicants typically express an interest in the over-popular fields of journalism, publishing, personnel work, advertising, and the "export-import business." This aggravates the placement problem, for the majority of job offerings tend more toward scientific pursuits. Insurance and merchandising also offer many good opportunities...
Many of the jobs being offered through the Placement Office are in the form of "executive training programs," which essentially are formalizations of the typical indoctrination process for any newly employed men. These programs are conducted primarily by large-scale concerns--Industrial, commercial, and financial--and are frequently glorified in elaborate prospectus. The prospective executive trainee will generally be offered a starting salary of anywhere from $185 to $275 per month; higher salaries have been obtained, but only where the applicant possessed some special talent or knowledge...