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Still Plenty of Room Placement survey shows that a f t e r competitive recruiting season, only 6 6 % o f the technical openings were filled
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for college graduates after t h e 1957 recruiting season. The Annual Recruit ing Survey of t h e Midwest College Placement Association shows that only 66% of the technical openings a n d 8 0 % of the nontechnical were filled this year. The aircraft and electrical indus tries were most successful in filling their technical needs. Both groups ob tained 7 8 % of their requirements. T h e chemical, petroleum, a n d allied indus BRAND tries could hire only 70 technical men for every 100 openings, b u t led all other groups in the nontechnical area by hiring 88 men for every 100 jobs avail Hydraulic fluids able. Fire-resistant hydraulic fluids Competition for college trained men Gear lubricants w a s considerable and is likely to re High-temperature lubricants main so, the survey found. T h e over Low-temperature lubricants all picture for 1956-57 shows a techni Rubber lubricants cal acceptance rate of 2 9 % , which Packing lubricants means that companies h a d to make Compressor and Pump lubricants 3.44 job offers for each m a n hired. For Lift-truck lubricants t h e chemical, petroleum, a n d related Metal-working fluids industries, t h e percentage w a s 3 4 % or Heat-transfer fluids 2.94 offers per man hired. I n non Grease components technical areas, t h e average acceptance Textile lubricants rate was 6 0 % but here again, the Defoamers chemical group fared better, with an De-emu Isifî ers average rate of 6 5 % . Cosmetic components About half of the companies report ink and Dye diluents ing, chemical companies a m o n g them, Leather softeners adjusted starting salaries during the Solvents and Plasticizers recruiting season. T h e average rate Chemical intermediates raise was 7 . 3 % . However, most of t h e increase applied to June graduates These polyalkylene glycols and derivatives are available in both water-soluble and only; t h e mid-term graduates did not water-insoluble series, with or without addi benefit too much. tives. Viscosities of UCON fluids and lubri Starting salaries were higher again cants range from 50 to 90,000 S.U.S. at this year. Including p a y allowances 100° F. for summer or military experience, the UCON fluids and lubricants have a record association places average monthly of proved performance. Find out what they salaries for graduates with a B.S., M.S., can do for you. Write for booklet 6500. a n d Ph.D. "at $436, $489, a n d $645, respectively. T h e chemical, petroleum, a n d allied industries, along with other U N I O N CARBIDE industries employing large numbers of CHEMICALS C O M P A N Y graduates, all indicated starting salaries above the over-all average. T h e $455, $510, and $669 paid by t h e chemicalpetroleum industries to 1957 technical 30 East 4 2 n d Street, N e w York 17, N.Y. graduates aligns closely with t h e $456, $535, and $663 paid to experienced
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CAL SOCIETY salary survey (C&EN, Oct. 28, page 7 6 ) . Nontechnical sal aries did not follow t h e same pace, a c cording t o t h e association, b u t also showed increases over t h e previous r e cruiting season. For next year, t h e association ex pects another salary increase, b u t one not quite so large as those in t h e past. Public utilities; t h e glass, cork, a n d automotive industries; chemical-petro leum companies; t h e electric manufac turing group; a n d t h e aircraft indus try all plan to p a y t h e average 1958 graduate $460 or m o r e p e r month. In making its survey, t h e placement association mailed out 387 question naires to various business and industrial organizations. Seventy per cent of t h e forms were r e t u r n e d , and 262 were included in t h e report, which appears in full in t h e O c t o b e r issue of t h e Journal of College Placement.
Grads Are Low on Science Chemistry m a k e s g o o d show ing in o t h e r w i s e s k e t c h y sci ence enrollment picture ο NLY 2 1 % OF A M E R I C A N GRADUATE STUDENTS are enrolled in physical
sciences and engineering, according t o a National Science Foundation survey. Education leads t h e pack with 34.9*% of the 171,557 students included. Base year of the survey was 1954. And N S F indicates t h a t these figures are the most up-to-date available. T h e chemical field brightens this rather dismal picture though, b y hav ing t h e largest enrollment in physical sciences. Students of chemistry, in dustrial chemistry, a n d pharmaceutical chemistry number 8600. Adding to this t h e chemical engineering graduate students gives a g r a n d total of 11,400 graduate students in chemical a n d allied fields. T h e 7 5 2 4 resident chem istry students alone account for 4 0 % of the total resident enrollment in physi cal sciences. The survey goes on to point out that most of t h e chemists are full-time students aiming for doctorates. A n d they are well off financially, with 6 7 % receiving some form of aid. N S F esti mates aid t o chemistry students in 1953-54 at $7 million. Of this, educa tional institutions contributed 50%; t h e
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