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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (13411)	2/6/2002 5:36:59 PM
From: J.B.C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23786

SI Bob now IH Bob. Good Deal. Jim

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (13411)	2/6/2002 6:00:04 PM
From: MulhollandDrive	Respond to of 23786

theworkcircuit.com EE majors graduating this spring are unlikely to see the wealth of private-sector job opportunities that were available to graduates a year or two ago, according to directors of university career centers across the country. Few grads this spring will be able to choose among four or five job offers, all with high salaries, signing bonuses and stock options. On the contrary, they'll be lucky to land one solid offer in their field within months of graduation. "For the last two years until spring 2001, it was an incredibly hot market for graduates with computer science, computer engineering and EE degrees," said Walter Jones, director of the career center at North Carolina State University, which has a top-rated engineering school. High-flying dot-coms, high-tech startups and a seemingly insatiable demand for engineering talent presented a host of opportunities in 1999 and 2000. This year, his bleakest in 30 years, the situation is "vastly different," said Jones. Fewer companies are visiting college campuses to conduct individual, formal on-campus interviews; indeed, some have canceled their visits altogether. Meanwhile, many EEs who graduated in May 2001 continue to search for jobs, have been laid off, or have had a job offer rescinded. So the 2002 graduates may find themselves competing against last year's grads. "I've been in this office 16 years, and I haven't seen it like this before," said Mary Yeasel, who works in the engineering career services office on the University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign campus.