NMU COMPUTER EMPLOYMENT: THE BIG PICTURE

THE EMPLOYMENT PICTURE

(for NMU Computer Graduates) (last updated April 13, 1998 by Jeff Horn)

NOTICE! Upper Great Lakes Collegiate Job Fair APRIL 15, 1998, WEDNESDAY!

About 50 companies will attend
Some of which are looking for computing majors:

Wasau Insurance Companies
Graco, Inc.
FBI
Greenheck Fan Corp.
Manpower
Scanlan Communications Group
Michigan Dept. of Civil Service
Superior Resource Group, Inc.
U.S.Army Recruting Battalion

Many will be interviewing.
Please see http://www.nmu.edu/JOBSearch/UGLCJF.htm for more information,
or call Lori McLaughlin at 227-2800 to sign up for an interview

ACTUAL JOB OPENINGS

LOCAL RECRUITING or GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

ARTICLES AND ANALYSES OF CURRENT TRENDS

Estimated average annual starting salaries for new recipients of bachelor's degree in 1997-98:

ANNUAL SALARY	JOB TITLE	source
$38,741	BS, Computer Science	The NorthWind, Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998, page 2, column 1

A "DESPERATE" NEED FOR COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS:

A recent CNN article describes the desperate needs of GEMINI, a consulting company in NY, for "code crunchers". The article cites industry sources as saying that about 200,000 such jobs are unfilled in the U.S. this year!
NY TIMES: "Software Jobs go Begging"

INDUSTRY CLAIMS NOT ENOUGH AMERICANS FOR COMPUTER JOBS; FOREIGN WORKERS NEEDED:

NY TIMES: "New Quota Weighed for Immigrant Technology Workers"
NY TIMES: "High-Tech Executives Ask for Leeway on Foreign Workers"

Also, see our display case in the hallway just outside the department office (WS 161) for many other clippings.