The times-news., 1938-05-20
Job Equipment
OF College Men
Is Rated Higher
Those finishing This Year
Able To Adjust Selves
To Conditions

10 I0nultiONS
pv WILLIAM p. CLARK
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 20
strftjPI-When colleges throughou,
the country pour thousands OF
graduates into the business Worle
next month, most OF them wili Dt
equipped to adjust themselves
readily to prevailing economic
conditions. -,
That is the belief of Albert
Reecher Crawford, whose job as
head Of Yale's Personnel Study
and Bureau of Appointments, is to
helm students "lind themselves,
while at college and place gradu.
ates in lines Of business to which
they are best suited. I,
Before the depression, Crawford
said, "students adopted some.
what free attitude about their
what free attitude about theii
living following graduation fof
they knew that jobs were avail
able" N 's.a. .=s
STUDENTS MORE CRITICAL
However, when the slump came
and the number of jobless ran
into the millions, Crawford found
that undergraduates assumed 9
more critical point of view toward
themselves and toward the things
that they were fitted for. In all,
they seemed to think a lot more
seriously about equipping them
selves to meet present situations
than a few years ago. Publicity
given to the derth Of jobs for
equipped men caused them to take
more time to analyze themselves
and, the business world" l@
What have colleges done to for
tify students against. hard times?
Crawford; as a general illnstra-
ton, explained Yale's experiences.
There is a direct effort on the
part of the college to find jobs for
graduating students and to en-
courage students to analyze them
selves to learn just what they
would be. best fitted to apply for.
A placement service has grown
considerably during the past few
years and has borne considerable
fruit. This year the outlook for
placement work is not as bright
as it was in 1897, which was a
boom year with more placements
than any other time recorded. ",
EAST AND MIDWEST LEAD
, "HoweVer, there are more jobs
available onw than in the years
from 1888 to 1886. Calls for men
come from all parts of the coun-
trys but mostly from the East and
Middle West. The majority are
in manufacturing on productive
lines. ~o't -r''s
Financial calls are quite scarce
--oRB-a few of the larger East
'ern banking houses seem to be
looking for men. And Wall Street
once the. haven for hundreds of
college men, is about dead.
: However, if things pick up
within the next few months we
will most likely receive' many
more requests for graduates from
all fields"
And, as an encouraging note,
he added, "at present good
many firms. notify us that they
are in need of new help but are
waiting for alt ,upswing in bust
ness conditions. before adding, to
their staffs.'".
The. problem Of adjusting stu
dents to particular pursuits to
which they are best fitted, Craw-
ford found, was easily overcome.
During the summer vacation
periods they were given ''tryout''
jobs. Usually, before graduation,
the student had definite idea of
his aptitude and registered with
the placement bureau which con.
tacted business firms and indus
tries to. solicit situations.
MORE TECHNICAL JOBS
Crawford's assistant Profess
sor Stuart H. Clement, explained
that "more jobs are being offered
to technically trained than TO nan.
technical men. This has been trne
for the past few years. At pres.
ent SOS of the seniors are enroll
ed as applicants in the personne,
bureau. for jobs when they pradn.
ate. This represents about half
of the senior classes of YaIe's
three schools"
Colleges offering yocati O ma
courses, Crawford and CIemant
agreed, probably would obtain
better results in obtaining emnlvo.
-ment for their graduates in view
of the Increasing demand for
technical men. ~
Yale. they said, ais distinctly q
cultural center and except for the
Sheffield Scientific School there
are no vocational courses eiven
which might equip graduates for
special jobs"
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