SEEKING JOBS
. CAMBRIDGE “ UNDERGRADS ” LONDON, June 12. At least 2000 graduates of Oxford and Cambridge Universities will enter the labour market nex't week, e Whereas, in the past, the majority of graduates have entered the Church, the Army, the Civil Service and the learned professions, about 70 per cent, of Cambridge graduates are entering commerce and industry. One is learning hotel management, and others are becoming salesmen in department stores. . Cambridge University officials state that the average student is willing to accept any job requiring grit and determination. Many have accepted unusual and poorly-paid jobs as stepping-stones to something better. Most of them ask £2OO or £2so' a year, not because they think they are worth it, but because it is the lowest fair living wage. The Cambridge Appointments Board placed 501 undergraduates last year, of whom 244 entered commerce and industry and 173 the education service. There is a large demand for representatives and salesmen speaking foreign languages.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21366, 20 June 1931, Page 11
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159SEEKING JOBS Otago Daily Times, Issue 21366, 20 June 1931, Page 11
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