European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Agazine Tim Nett Takh Boom thu the mid id need for Many Middle managers Ottna gradual t tint Fob grads face a tight labor Market by David  associated press his year s College graduates in the United states Are having a harder Lime finding jobs and won t make much More Money than Las year s graduating class according 1o nationwide surveys. Right now it s a Prelly Light labor Market for this year s graduates said Warren Kauffman acting executive Dirac or of the National Collego placement Council located in Bethlehem a a Survey by lha College placement Council of 164 College placement offices shows salary offers Tower his year in business administration computer sciences and management training. Meanwhile american employers have 2.4 percent fewer jobs available or now College graduates the first drop in Lour years according 1o a nationwide Survey of employers. L. Patrick Scheetz. Co author of recruiting trends said a number of factors have lessened the demand Tor tha applicant fresh out of school. Computer Are becoming More and More prolific throughout corporations said Scheetz. Assistant director of placement at Michigan state University. Tho High tech Boom has lessened the need for Many Middle managers often a graduate s first Job he said. Machines Don t need Coffeo Breaks and vacations people do added Scheetz whose Survey canvasses 761 employers nationwide in business Industry government and education. Also hurting recent graduates Are cutbacks by Large corporations uncertainly Aboul the . Economy and global Competition Schoelz said. Minorities and women College graduates Are in boiler shape than the american workforce As a whole the recruiting Survey showed. Employers Are still putting extra efforts of recruiting of minorities and women Lor their new hires Schoelz said. Minorities graduating this year will find 4 percent More jobs open to them than last year while quotas far women Are 2.5 percent higher according to Tho recruiting Survey. With fewer jobs available employers Are waiting longer before rendering offers to this year s graduating class Scheetz and Kauffman agreed. When this year s graduates get the offers the salary might be a 111 lie ski pier than the class of 86, according to the College placement Council. Salary offers in business administration this year dropped 23 percent from $19,512 last year to $19.068 computer sciences dropped 1.7 percent from $26,940 to $26.484, and management training 3,4 percent from $19,824 to $19,152. Offers in accounting and auditing engineering advertising and marketing and wholesale and retail sales All registered Small gains according to the placement Council a non profit corporation. The average accounting and auditing salary oilers increased 1.8 percent from $21.216 to $21,600 engineering 1 percent from $27,900 to $28,176 advertising and marketing 3.8 percent from $20,338 to $21,168 sales 2.2 percent from $19,668 to $20.100. Looking at College majors Petroleum engineering sits at the top of the financial Heap with average salary offers of $31.488, according to the placement Council Survey. The Lowett paid graduates Are Liberal arts students who major in Fields such As political science literature Art and languages. The average salary offer to Liberal acts majors was $17,652. Average offers for humanities majors Atso dropped by the highest percentage in the 1987 Survey Down 8.5 percent from the $19,296 average of 1986. Health professions such As Hospital management registered the largest gain a 21 percent jump from $20,424 last year to $24.720. While Liberal arts majors average salary offer is decreasing their demand is increasing according to the College placement Council. Job offers Lor humanities and social science continued on Page 14 monday june 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 13