Feb. 21, 1986 Bellevue Community College Page 3
Campus
Placement works for students
by Boyd Smith
Advocate staff
The Cpllege offers job placement to
currently enrolled and graduate students
to make finding a job easier.
Jane Foster and Barbara Budnik, the two
job placement counselors, encourage
students to come in and take advantage
of jobs posted outside their offices.
The job description sheet is easy to
understand and gives an outline of its
responsibilities, hours and wages, and the
skills needed.
The jobs available range from clerical
jobs, restaurant work, computer pro-
grammers and janitorial positions.
Proceedures to apply for job placement:
• Fill out a Bellevue Community College
personal employment interview card.
This card asks for the basic information
• needed, such as your age, past work
experience, special skills and class
schedule.
• Go to the job bulletin board and find
a job you think fits your needs as far
as pay, hours, and skills.
• Have an interview with one of the job
counselors. They will make sure the
job fits your needs, it won't conflict
with your schedule, and you are
qualified to do the job.
• The counselors will call and make an
appointment for you. Then they will
give you an introduction card that lists
the employer's name, address and the
time of your interview.
After this, it is like any other job
interview, except the employer knows the
counselors sent you because they thought
you were the right person for the job.
The employers like having college
students apply for the job because they
know the placement center tries to send
the fight people, Foster said.
"We really work hard to make sure it's
a good match," said Foster.
The placement center is located in A 103
and is open Mon. through Thurs., from 9
;Lm. to 1 p.m.
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Help available for the struggling
by Boyd Smith
Advocate staff
The "Student Survival Skills" class now
meets on Wed. from 12:30 to 2:20 p.m.
The class is taught by Steve Cross, a
counselor at the College's Human Devel-
opment Center. The course is basically an
individual study class because of low
turnout this quarter.
The "Student Survival Skills" course is
offered to help give new, struggling, or
returning students guidelines for effective
studying.
The class uses "The Master Student" as
text for the course. Through the book and
lectures, Cross tries to sharpen and
improve student's listening and note-
taking skills and motivation in studying.
The course also includes skills in
overcoming test anxiety and ways to
prepare for tests.
Cross said he tries to help students set
the right goals for themselves according
to their skills and their time available.
Library cont. from p. 1
allocated 7.6 percent. In 1983-84 it
received five percent, Clark said.
"This two percent is a significant
amount of money. A library is an easy place
to cut back on in tough times because it
is hard to see the results of a cutback -
- it's not an immediate impact," he said.
"The original 7.6 percent may have been
unrealistic," Clark said
Pres. Paul Thompson said the consensus
of the Board of Trustees is that the College
is doing the best it can to support the
comprehensive nature of the programs this
College represents.
"The board thinks we are doing our
share to support the library - and then
some," said Thompson. 'AVe are currently
funding the library higher than the state
model. That means we're taking resources
from somewhere else.
"I am quite satisfied a good, thoughtful
consideration has been given to all areas
of the campus," said Thompson.
The debate over funding has continued
since last summer when Seidel made four
unsuccessful attempts to amend the
Special Service Budget. At that time, Seidel
objected to the $83,000, one-fourth of the
total budget, that the Student Budget
Committee allocated to athletics.
Following last week's board meeting,
Seidel said there is a conscious choice
being made to fund athletics over other
programs. "We have one of the best
colleges in the state• To allow the library
to deteriorate is nonsense," he said.
He said most of the people who come
to the "Student Survival Skills" class have
a willing attitude, but are having a hard
time putting it all together.
Cross said the course teaches students
"the skills of learning to learn," skills that
will last a lifetime.
The class is very demanding, Cross said,
because of the amount of reading involved,
and then applying the material to one's
self.
