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6/26/00


SALES, FINANCE TOP CAREER FIELDS FOR '99 SLU GRADS

CANTON - Sales/marketing and banking/finance/investments were 
the top career field choices for the St. Lawrence University 
Class of 1999, according to a recent survey undertaken to find 
out what graduates are doing one year after commencement. 
	For the previous two years, education was the top field. 
That dropped to the number-three choice this year.
	A follow-up study on the Class of 1999 has been completed 
by the career planning office on campus, with a reporting rate of 
over 86 percent. Of those reporting, over 77 percent are employed 
and some 16 percent are attending graduate or professional school, 
for a combined total placement rate of 93 percent.
        Of those responding, 14 percent reported working in both 
sales/marketing and banking/finance/investments, making those the 
top choices. Other fields in the top 10 were, in descending order:
        - Education; government and non-profit organizations; 
science and technology; advertising and public relations; arts 
and entertainment; environmental; and human/social services, 
health/medicine and legal/law-related.
        Education is the top choice for those in graduate school, 
at just over 3 percent.
        The survey also shows that most graduates got their jobs by 
directly applying for them, and that a significant percentage (nearly 
17 percent) got them through "networking," or seeking a job through 
personal contacts or St. Lawrence's alumni and parent network.

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