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(CUP) -— With cuts to federal summer jobs programs, employment centres are trying hard to sell a positive atti- tude to students who may not find many jobs advertised on their boards.

“To me, nothing other than a_ positive attitude makes sense,” stresses Mike White- house, who is organiz- ing employment work- shops for Dalhousie University’s counselling services.

New this year is a workshop called “The Hidden Job Market”, presum- ably designed for peo- ple who have trouble finding the much talked about but elusive mar- ket, let alone get a job out of it.

“We're. working on the fact that 90 per cent of all jobs that people get are not ad- vertised,” says White- house. “Most peo- ple take a_ traditional approach to the job search which is pretty ineffective.” | Sts easy “to: sit around home and get

uptight about it,” says —

Whitehouse. He says students must identify what makes them happy and have a com- prehensive and coordi- nated job search plan instead of dropping off resumes as if it was a lottery.

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“Probably the most important thing is net- working” with friends, neighbors, busi- ness people and aquain- tances.

_ “Tell them you’re doing

a job search inventory.” he suggests.

He adds “Someone who is positive and en- thusiastic... and some- one who is going to suc- ceed.”

With all this advice, students may think get- ting a job in the sum- mer will be a piece of cake.

But the figures tell a different tale.

Last year, the un- employment rate for returning students in Nova Scotia rose by over ten per cent to 22.6 per cent despite falling rates in Central Canada. In Newfound- land, almost 30 per cent of students were unemployed during the summer.

The national unem- ployment rate for stu- dents has been falling since the summer. of 1983 when the jobless rate hit a record high of 17.6 per cent. Last

-summer 13 per cent of

re-

turning students were unemployed, and 14.1 per dent were jobless in summer °85. Unem- ployment rates for stu- dents in 1987 are fore- casted at 15.5 per cent for males and 13.4 per

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cent for females (ac- cording to the Confer- ence Board of Canada, an independent fore- casting agency.)

Student groups crit- icized the federal gov- ernment’s recently an- nounced Challenge °87 program, both because funds were cut from last year’s levels and because funds were cut from last year’s levels and because of its em- phasis on the private sector.

With 30 per cent of Challenge funds ear- marked for subsidized private sector jobs, groups such as the Canadian Federation of Students claim regions without strong private sectors and people not traditionally hired by business will suffer.

However, the per- son responsible for the Challenge °87 funds in Nova Scotia says he’s happy with the province’s al- lotment for this year.

Tom

O’Connell, manager of -

special programs for employment and immi- gration Canada expects the funds spent in Nova Scotia to increase by 25 per cent over last year, despite the overall na- tional decrease.

Even for those stu- dents who do manage to get jobs this sum- mer, low wages may

mean they won’t be

able to save money for the next school year.

Don

Lawrence,- manager of.

the Canadian Employ- ment Center at Dal- housie, says many stu- dents are finding they

need a part-time job

during the year to sup- port themselves.

He estimates the center now handles 400 to 600 part-time jobs a

‘year, up from the 60

they averaged ten years ago. “Usually it’s to supplement the student loans they now have.”

“It’s hard to save money unless you con- sider eating a luxury.” he saids

. Road signs at UPEI

Proving Darwin right

WELL, ANOTHER “new” stop sign for the entrance to the University. Many generations of stop signs have become prone to some contagious diseases that are unique to us here at UPEI.

Obviously, this particular sign has built-in bi- ological defences and immunities that have pre-

vented it’s premature death. Diseases such as Carlessus Plowoperaterus. Malicious Vehiculus, and Van-

_ dali Bendus have plagued the Universities physical

plant sign budget.

Notice the unusually thick portion of it’s anatomy that is on the bottom portion of the structure. It’s predecessors only had small, thin trunks that hardly saved them frqgm our wind storms, let alone the monster plows and swerv- ing drivers. Se

So, after having lasted at least three weeks out there, without getting whiplashed, the Belvedere Stop Sign has been voted THE GEM’s most genetically-evolved sign of the week. We don’t know how much longer it will last, but we wish it and it’s descendants the best of luck in it’s strug- gle to survives i