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By ISABEL WEGG

DO OUR colleges and
universities prepare
young people ade-
quately to face the de-

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mands of the work-
place?

Statisucs which point to
low unemployment rates
among graduates of both the
community college system
and universities, suggest
these instituuons are doing
their job. But Wayne

Gartley, executive director
of the University and College
Placement Associaton, says
they could do more.

“The majority of students
arent selecting the proper
courses because they have
not done any career plan-
ning. They don’t have an
objective in mind and they
don't know what career they
want to follow, so they've
tended to take the path of
least resistance by taking
courses that appear to be the
easiest,” he said.

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approach is that they find
out later in life that they've
closed doors that might, at
one time, have been open to
them had they prepared
_themselves academically.
Peopie tend to think of
skills as those things they're
trained to do. And, when
asked what skills they have,
they say they have none or
only a few. They don't
realize they have a whole
host of talents to call upon.

For example, self-
management skills may
include punctuality,  per-
severance and _ patience.

Some skills are transferable
from job to job. skills hke
people Management.
problem solving and data
organizauon.

Gartley says young people
should seek help in iden-
tifying the hidden skills they
possess from guidance
career counsellors in
schools

The important thing 1s to
awaken these hidden talents
soon enough to avoid the

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