European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Job prospects continued from Page 13 new technology on the future is difficult to there Are those who believe that the move toward High tech industries will solve All Industrial adjustment she and there Are those who believe that the new technology will create serious labor just such a conclusion was reached by the of Lucios committee on the evolution of in an August 1983 report to the labor federations policymaking executive the committee estimated that by there May be up to robots and 20 million computers in As computers and robots take Over More and More functions in the factory and the it a two tiered work Force is at the top will be a few scientists and professionals and High paid full time jobs in a Good work at the Bottom will be Low paid workers performing relatively High turnover jobs in a poor work the Falcio report this Doest worry Alan president of management recruiters International in Cleve a Large Talent search who said in an interview that the demand for mismanagement people has but Schonberg acknowledged that this demand is not in the Industrial its in the service that precisely the Point that Barry a Boston College made in a grim report last titled storm Clouds on the horizon labor mar Ket crisis and Industrial Bluestone wrote that the burdens of worker dislocation in smokestack industries in recent years were not shared equally by All they have fallen disproportionately on particular regions of the on Urban on i and increasingly on the Blu Collar Middle he the fact that 63 percent of All the new jobs created in America Between 1969 and 1982 were in industries paying an average annual wage of less than spells real trouble for future political and eco nomic blues tones argument mirrors the Falcio position that Overall civilian which is above 105 masks a trend in which new lower service oriented Are gradually supplanting the higher wage jobs in Sar an economist at George Washington scoffed at were going to have More and More jobs in secretarial and Semi skilled and common he said in an but Levitan said he Doest believe things Are As Bleak As Bluestone suggests and that blues tones study focused of heavily on the Auto and steel we have lost More jobs in apparel and textiles to Taiwan and Korea than have disappeared in heavy Levitan but said the emergence of a High technology Economy would not solve employment Levitan said jobs in the High technology Field and related industries will Likely represent Only a fraction of a percent of the jobs available in the coming Sun Belt lots of no applicants new York times photo computer class prepares students for today Job their skills rein demand in the Sun by Bill Lohmann United press International eve Austin sits in her employment Agency these Days and wonders where All the workers we have lots of jobs and no said general manager of three Snelling and Snelling personnel consultants offices in jobs Are plentiful and the markets wide we used to place one out of every 10 now were placing one out of every we can pretty Well place any applicant who walks in the the stories change Little across the Sun the land of pleasant living for the past the land of Opportunity for people looking for work and others simply looking for warmer weather flock to the Sun which traditionally included Georgia and the Gulf coast Texas and Points West through North with its High technology Boom around the research Triangle and South with its rebound in now like to be included among that the Sun still shines brightly on the Sun luring companies and workers from the Chilly the rate of growth is but the numbers Are still impressive and the jobs Are still Georgia and California the bellwethers of the Sun Belt enjoyed another above average growth year in the number of nonagricultural jobs added in finishing Well above the National figure of according to the Bureau of labor a relatively Small state in numbers of recorded the largest rate of growth percent last year in the second to California in the total number of jobs in the Sun added More than jobs in but its growth rate was slightly below the National Only beset with Industrial and troubled by sluggishness in the Energy scored far behind the National More growth in the Job Market is predicted for 1985 throughout the Sun Belt with a bit of moderation from coast to i think it looks pretty said Carol director of the Bureau of business and economic re search at the University of Florida in the Levels Are real the percentage growth is disappointing Over what you saw in recent because we simply have no recession to recover from at this we had a super year in 1984 As far As Job said Jack economist for the los Angeles area chamber of we think Well have another Good but probably not Atas Quick a Pace As simple math explains it lots of people have moved to the Sun Belt in the past decade and few Are heading Back the other a new study by the National planning association reports half of All new jobs created by the year 2000 will occur in just 30 metropolitan and 20 of those locations Are in the Sun the National planning association report lists hous los san and Dallas As the top five cities in the number of new jobs by the turn of the High technology is the source of much of the Sun Belt Job growth defense and electronics firms but the services sector is the fastest growing particularly business its sort of the Harbinger of this transformation were going through to become a postindustrial Kyser noting there nearly High tech jobs in los Angeles county everything is based on in formation varies across the Job Market growth from a High of increase in Arizona to a Low of 5 decrease in based on a comparison of total nonagricultural employment Between december 1983 and december the nationwide average is an increase of during that source Bureau of labor statistics to to 7 National average Oto 44 5 to 0 Smi Belt show an increase of higher than the National average so that the land of pleasant living Stitt serves As the land of Opportunity for Job up Sharon associate director of the business school placement program at the University of Texas in the Petroleum Industry is not As Strong As it has been in the but they Are still wanting to hire finance people who can work the numbers for Snellings Austin and others Are having trouble filling business services such As accounting and data processing its definitely an applicants said if they want a Job in a place with Green we get them a Job in a place with Green other service oriented industries res recreational and medical also have enjoyed phenomenal growth in the Sun Belt and Are due for More of the same this manufacturing is making a comeback in some Sun Belt particularly those in Auto and computer but still remains below Levels of the late 1970s in some College graduates with degrees in computer Engi physics and math Are having ittle prob Lem finding jobs in the placement officials even the Liberal arts largely ignored in recent years by firms seeking graduates with specially Back Are being welcomed again in the Sun Belt Job Market by Banks and insurance said Marcia director of career planning and placement at the University of North Carolina in Chapel the Liberal arts majors Are still having a More difficult time initially in the Job but it certainly has improved to a great Harris with inflation Down and Job growth and the number of applicants on the salaries Are leveling off across the Sun there Doest seem to be any substantial increase this even in the areas of High demand such As Engi Neering or computer said in some the salaries even went Down not All the news is As the Sun Belt continues to move farther away from the Industrial age and import prices continue to the Job numbers in some areas the Outlook for the textile and apparel Indus tries remains according to economists with the Federal Reserve Bank of North the nations biggest textile lost More than 7 percent of its textile jobs last in trouble in the traditional industries of rubber and plastics in Alabama and Mississippi helped lower Job Gams in those states and left them in situations similar to states in the sluggish Industrial fewer construction jobs Are anticipated As Tiew construction is expected to slow Down throughout much of the Sun Belt following a vigorous Industry turnaround in Page 14 the stars and stripes interview dont bring mom by Rick Hampson associated press if you really want that dont cat Fried Chicken during the dont tap dont bring employers just hate according to a executives of 100 of the nations largest companies were asked to recall the most bizarre Job interviews at which they they told of applicants who played snapped pictures and bounced on the one Man resorted to violence when he was not offered a while a woman warned that if she was not hired her grandmother would put a curse on the one executive recalled the time he had to take a Long Telephone Call during an the applicant casually pulled out a Box of Kentucky Fried Chick put it on the interviewers and started another when asked about his stood up and started dancing around my said the then there was the applicant who walked into the executives office for his interview with his Mother in Job applicants can do some very weird said Robert whose employment firm commissioned the Survey by Burke marketing its rough looking for a half applicants May not be they get excited or because their whole life can depend on whether they get a certain and they forget to sell themselves in the right interviewers also remembered applicants who pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a Flash picture of said he collected photos of everyone who interviewed had a Little pinball he challenged me to the  get out of the chair until i would hire i had to Call the told me if she had realized it was our she  have shown up for the bounced up and Down on my carpet and told me that i must be highly thought of by the company because i was Given such a thick took a Brush out of my brushed his hair and asked me if i would put on a suit jacket to insure that the offer was said he want interested because the position paid too although some of stories sound you cant make these things half aberrant he does an applicant no unless its an they can do weird but most people Are better playing it april the stars and stripes Page 15