European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Homemakers skills Are valued in Job Market by Ruth Youngblood United press International homemakers eyeing the Job Market with envy and dread have Strong allies in business there not even aware there Are Many entry level positions where experience in raising a family or directing a Volunteer group Are not but regarded As strengths and evidence of interviewers say the woman who kept up her skills by compiling the grocery lists in shorthand has demonstrated the right attitude toward tackling rapidly Chang ing office the terror Many women experience at the Prospect of filling out applications and attending interviews actually works to their educators those who Are frightened and worried end up the Best Job said psychology professor Ann Marie Orza of Eastern Connecticut state because there really while employers emphasize some retrain ing is almost always necessary for the Job aspirant emerging from the future prospects for promo Tion Are Only limited by the employees ambition and our ads talk about qualifications and said Don director of employment for the travellers Compa one of the nations largest but you can get what were looking for through life with 12 interviewers screening applicants for various Deward said the woman who regards the hours spent poring Over the family or at Parent teach ers association meetings As practically worthless from a career standpoint is she has obtained valuable organizational and inter personal skills with relevance to ont Ejob Deward advising women to Access their strengths and weaknesses before embarking on a Job negating the commonly held impression that a Young woman will automatically have an Deward we have More and More areas where we translate age into Deward said the bes prepared candidates emerging from their childbearing years have kept up with new developments through Par time employment or have enrolled in Community colleges or adult education pro Grams to Sharpen unused skills and learn new Deward has openings for technical word pro entry level accountants and claim processors in addition to secretarial and clerical women reentering the Market May have to come in at a Job a Little lower than they Deward but the important thing is there getting familiar with the idea of working again and probably starting to formulate realistic even former secretaries will find the old stereotypes have noted Larry spokesman for the general electric secretaries have to be More flexible and usually working for More than one person instead of the old on Toone Vaber keeping in touch with the rapidly changing office technology is a must for the woman who plans to he the necessity for keeping Pace with developments escalates with the proves Dick manager of program administration for Hamilton said the technology is moving ahead at such an alarming rate a female Engineer who opted out for several years would probably have to attain a masters degree before reentering the the huge firm designs the space suits and life support systems for astronauts including Sally ride and an array of compute based and other High technology products for Aero automotive and Industrial Fuller stressed those nourishing goals of entering this highly specialized workforce must put themselves on the same exact plan As the kid coming out of to be a viable they must have an engineering like Many other Young women enter ing such prestigious engineering positions no longer even consider years off to raise a Fuller teacher salaries on upswing by Christopher Connell associated press after years of a teacher american schools now Are hanging out help wanted signs once particularly to fill vacancies in math and science after losing ground to inflation in the teacher salaries appear to be on the upswing in Many where governors and other leaders have belatedly come to the recognition that in As in other walks of you get what you pay Merit pay and master teacher on the drawing boards in Many places and already approved in Tennessee and some other also offer the Promise of bigger paychecks Down the Road in a profession that still boasts the perk of two months off each the average classroom teacher earned in according to the National education Assoc a but the salaries varied widely from less than in Mississippi to in the District of co Lumbia to More than in the current nationwide drive to raise school standards is also bringing pressure to Bear on teacher colleges and education which traditionally have drawn their students from the Bottom of the according to critics such As former Secretary of education Bell worries that teacher unions May be impeding the Reform movement by resisting efforts to abandon lock step salary schedules and to move toward some form of Merit pay that rewards outstanding performances and penalizes mediocre were going to need a million new teachers Between now and 1990 and were not attracting our fair share of the top says who believes that top salaries for master teachers should be in the Range of the number of new teacher graduates has declined drastically Over the past from in 1972 to in with enrolments rising again As the baby Boom generation sends its children off to the National Center for education statistics predicts that demand will outstrip Supply Over the next with colleges producing Only two new teachers for every three the Bureau of labor statistics estimates there will be a 37 percent spurt in the number of elementary school teachers by there Are now million elementary and High school there Are some signs that students May be getting the message that the Job picture is brightening in at prestigious Stanford University in Palo the number of education majors has doubled in the past four California is raising starting salaries by to new Jersey and a few other states Are removing obstacles that prevented Liberal arts graduates from be coming teachers without taking a Long list of education which Laid off teachers two years found itself 150 teachers Short this new York City hired new teachers this the state of Georgia has been forced to import some math and science teach ers from West getting a Start As a temporary associated press for the graduating Soldi n i who Hast decided on what career path to follow or for the person reentering the Job Market after a Long temporary work can provide a win Dow on the working even those seeking that first Job who know what they want May find themselves lacking the Basic business skills that will get them a foot in the according to employment for the recent temporary work can be equated with ont Ejob says William Board chairman of Olsten temporary a provider of temporary help where else can a recent College Grad have the Opportunity to try so Many different career paths from the inside in such a relatively Brief period of time temporary he can provide the Job Secker a Chance to work for a wide Range of companies pub Lishing one banking another and perhaps Advertis ing or insurance during additional they also have a Chance to buy time while consid ering whether they want to work for a Small or Large an Oil company or a real estate agrees Sam executive vice president of the National association of temporary since temping provides the Opportunity to lest the Market without making a Lon term once they see a business from the there often better Able to decide on a career temporary services can offer a wide Range of choices for Short or Lon term assignments through the for Olsten services divisions include office health care office Light record Legal support and the variation in pay rates throughout the country make it impossible to cite specific but a general Rule of thumb is that Temps earn the same salary per hour As full time minus company says clients pay temporary the services in turn pay the temporary the established hourly for those who decide to try temporary work before leaping into a full time the first step is to Register with an established temporary reputable temporary service firms usually have a substantial number of clients and will take the time to evaluate All of your and explain what they have to Olsten Sacco explains that the impression you get when you Telephone or visit the services office is an Al important he also suggests asking yourself whether the staff seems whether the service offers training to improve your skills As you whether it offer a Benefit plan for those who work a certain length of to recent grads thinking about temporary Olsten advises before making a move to a permanent Job in a business you viewed As a plan to work for the temporary service for a reasonable length of temporary services Are not and they dont charge a placement there not in the business to invest time and Money in training you and then have you take a permanent Job after Only a few keep your eyes open during every Job assignment and ask the kind of questions that can help you learn the absorb what you can from your supervisors and nurture the contacts you learn the requirements for entry level positions in Fields that interest you and observe the routes people take to the fast track april the stars and stripes Page 17