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Mr. Crusoe said start-
tions, but many are the
topped the list of job
ing salaries for those with
lesser-paying jobs in the
offers to the Class of
undergraduate business
parochial/private educa-
'93, according to the
degrees average $26,000;
tion sector.
College Placement Council
social work average
Mr. Crusoe said the
in Bethlehem, Pa.
$24,000; computer science
Detroit economy, impacted
Of those who inter-
average $30,000; engineer-
by state and local budget
) viewed through college
ing average $35,000; politi-
cuts and the low levels of
placement offices through-
cal science average
auto sales and manufac-
out the United States, 18.9
$17,000; and public rela-
turing, will continue to
percent were
hamper
the
offered jobs in
graduate
in
the accounting Percenta ge of Job Offers For '93 College Grads search
of
field, 6.1 per-
employment.
cent of the jobs
Even the field
came from con-
of engineering,
sulting compa-
once considered
nies and 5.5
a relatively
percent of the
strong area to
offers were in
enter, has shown
the education
weakness, Mr.
field.
Crusoe said.
The service
Mechanical,
sector account-
industrial and
ed for 53.8 per-
chemical engi-
cent of the job
neers still are
offers, manufac-
relatively high in
turing was 12.3
demand, he said,
percent and
adding that the
government
field of civil engi-
and non-profit
53.8%‘Service Sector
neering has
was at 33.9 per-
diminished in
33.9% Government and Non-profit Sector
cent.
need.
12.3% Manufacturing Sector
Hot job cate-
Recent talk
gories for the
about improve-
future include the allied
tions average $23,000.
ments to the nation's
health professions of nurs-
The mean goes up for
infrastructure, he said,
ing and physical and occu-
those receiving master's,
may boost the civil engi-
pational therapy, pharma-
doctoral and professional
neering profession in the
cy and medicine, said John
degrees.
future. Accounting, finance
Crusoe, executive director
Undergraduate educa-
and management informa-
of counseling and place-
tion majors are noticing
tion majors have continued
ment for Wayne State
some improvement in
to find good opportunities,
University.
securing teaching posi-
he said. O
hree years ago, Steve
Jacobs was prepar-
ing to launch a no-
smoking policy at the
Horizon
Sportswear
apparel company.
Yet 12 of his 40 employ-
ees were smokers, and he
hadn't planned smoking
breaks in their workday.
To maintain good employ-
ee relations, he hired
Southfield self-help expert
Dr. Don Powell to run a
stop-smoking clinic.
"We did this to make it
easier for the employees,"
Mr. Jacobs says. "We felt
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it would be good for
employee relations."
It was.
All 12 employees quit
smoking, and none has
High self esteem
results in
imporved job
performance
started up again, Mr.
Jacobs says.
Pride is all it takes to
cultivate employee perfor-
mance, says Dr. Powell, of
the American Institute for
Preventive Medicine.
Though Mr. Jacobs does
not believe the new smoke-
free employees were
noticeably more productive
when the policy took
effect, Dr. Powell says
organizations that nurture
employees ultimately reap
the benefits.
"The program was
great," says Mr. Jacobs,
who sold the company a
year ago. "I am sure the
employees are proud of
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Orthodox Group Withdraws
Hechsher From Pepsi
The Eda Haredit Orthodox
authority in Israel with-
drew its kashrut certificate
from Pepsi-Cola because of
"immodest advertise-
ments" and the soft-drink
company's sponsorship of
the recent Guns 'N Roses
concert, which began
before Shabbat was over,
Israel Radio reported last
week.
An official at the Eda
Haredit's kashrut supervi-
sory body, who said the
organization does not
speak to the press, would
not deny the report.
Last year, the Eda
Haredit threatened to
withdraw its certificate
after Pepsi launched an
advertising campaign
showing the evolution of
mankind from an ape to a
Pepsi drinker, tacitly
endorsing Darwin's theory
of evolution and infuriat-
ing some Orthodox Jews.
Bank Report Slams Unemployment
Continuing high unem-.
1993.
ployment will impede
He told a Jerusalem
growth, reduce immigra-
press conference he
tion, and lower living stan- -expects the business sector
dards, the Bank of Israel
to grow by 7 percent
said in its annual report,
despite the slowdown in
released last week.
construction and the
The report accused the
impact of the closure of the
Israeli government of not Gaza Strip and West
doing enough to create
Bank. The closure, he said,
jobs. But Bank of Israel
will reduce total economic
Governor Jacob Frenkel
growth by 1/2 percent, to 4
said all was not gloomy for
percent this year.
Academics Say Absorption Is Working
Absorption of the mass
influx of new immigrants
to Israel, especially of
those from the former
Soviet Union, has been
more successful than it
sometimes appears,
despite individual prob-
lems, according to several
leading academics and
economists.
Technion Professor
Naomi Carmon Urban, an
organizer of a recent con-
ference on immigrants,
maintained there is no
hunger or homelessness
among the new immi
grants, and that the over-
all situation in Israel is
better than in some other
countries which have not
experienced a mass immi-
gration.
Leumi Profits Rise 104 Percent
Bank Leumi last week
reported a first-quarter net
profit increase of 104.8
percent, despite extraordi-
nary provisions resulting
from the sale of Union
Bank and from changes in
the calculation of pension
obligations.
The bank ended the first
quarter of 1993 with a net
profit of $17.7 million,
compared with $8.6 million
in the corresponding quar-
ter last year.
In addition, manage-
ment stressed Leumi's
earnings increased despite
the continued fall in finan-
cial margins in the
unlinked shekel sector.
Elbit Wins U.S. Army Bid
Elbit Systems of Atherica
has been awarded a con-
tract for the supply of hun-
dreds of tank trainers to
the U.S. Army.
The contract, whose
exact sum was not dis-
closed, is the second Elbit
has won for the electro-
optical tank training
equipment called Thru-
Sight Video (TSV).
In December 1992, Elbit
won a contract to supply
similar equipment to the
U.S. company, Loral. Elbit
reports that both orders
together total $7.6 million,
but have a potential of
increasing to over $25 mil-
lion.