Word: placement
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the sending out of questionnaires to the members of the class of 1930 the Alumni Placement Service assumes definite proportions. The data to be gathered from the answers to its questions will be valuable in carrying the avowed intention of the service to afford men opportunities in the line of work which they choose. The completion of the survey of available placements, undertaken several months ago, will allow a start in that direction...
...members of the Class of 1930 will receive today from the Alumni Placement Service a questionnaire constituting the first attempt in four years to determine what callings Harvard men intend to follow and where they expect to pursue them. It asks the Seniors to divulge their inmost desires and plans for the careers upon which they will embark in June, and is prepared for the purpose of collecting information necessary for the effective permanent employment of Seniors next spring...
Announcement has been made to the effect that employment facilities for this year's graduating class are being made effective by the new Alumni Placement Service which has recently taken over this function from the Student's Employment Office. Those in charge of the office have placed their facilities at the disposal of Seniors to talk over various work opportunities, and they have repeatedly made it clear that discussion of this sort carries no obligation of ultimate placement through this office. A reply to the questionnaire from every member of the Class of 1930 is considered essential to the effectiveness...
...Harvard Placement Office in seriously resuming their old policy of obtaining vocational positions for Seniors along with the alumni offers a solution to a problem which presents itself to practically every man who graduates from college without definite, preconceived plans for earning a living. This is the first time that the bureau has considered this situation with any attempt at developing a truly efficient placement office, and judging from the present proposed machinery of the project, a large percentage of the Senior class should receive gratifying results. At the very least, the contacts which the Placement Office will afford must...
This extension of the Harvard Placement Office which was created primarily for graduates to include upperclassmen should be available. If it does meet with success, it will help to eliminate the unpleasantly conventional "just another legitimate bond salesman" finale which has concluded so many college careers...