Jobs 1956

Lynn Poole discusses the trends in demand for college graduates and the current increased need for graduates in engineering, chemistry, and physics. J. Lyon Rogers, Jr., of the Johns Hopkins University Placement Bureau, lists employment statistics and describes how campus recruitment brings together employers and prospective employees. Clayton Hill, with the Employee Relations Department of DuPont Co., gives a typical employment interview to Hopkins senior John D. Sutherland. Lynn Poole talks with 1956 graduating seniors C. Robert Nicoll, Edward K. Hahn, and Richard C. McShane about their job searches, number of interviews, and professional and military futures. Chemical engineering graduates James L. Hockenberry, Jr. and James A. Halloran talk to Poole about their chances for success and how they are more interested in a satisfying job than its salary. Student Robert B. Burgess, Jr. points out that by signing with a firm before going into the military, his seniority in the company accrues while he's in the service. Senior John W. Leonard, Jr. notes that the average salary for engineers like him is $400-425 per month. Poole asks William H. Schwarz and Harry N. Keller, two students receiving doctoral degrees in chemical engineering, about the time required to get their degrees and the fields and opportunities now available to them. Finally, Poole interviews Ali Arman, a graduating aeronautics student from Istanbul, Turkey, who must become a U.S. citizen before he can be hired by a U.S. business.