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JOB OPPORTUNITIES

itutc graduates are now working in man) pha» laboi ai in lu al l.\ii* rhe) have entered stafl | mi with rnment lab un >ns, >1 s.uul universities, privat< n*s< rch I busin ;s and industrial <onccrns, State and federal government a| ncies hirin men with trainii s in labor-management relations include the tl S urity Admin istration, National Labor Relations Board, Mediation and < nciliati Service, Department of Labor, Wage Stabilization Board, Bur u o Labor Statistics, and state employment services.

L a b o r u n i o n s n e e d p e r s o n n e l t r a i n e d in l a b o r r e l a t i o n s to fill p

tions as their organizers, business agents, industrial engineers, an< regional representatives, Teaching and research In lal i relations in colleges and universities mean careers for Institute raduat m labor publications, both union and business-owned, i int to still further opportunities, business firms have hired Institute graduates for work in thei

p e r s o n n e l , l a b o r r e l a t i o n s , iiulustrial r e l a t i o n s , r e s e a r c h , a n d i n d u s t r i a l engineering departments. T h e I n s t i t u t e has a p l a c e m e n t officer w h o notifies s t u d e n t s of job

opportunities, This is in addition to the regulai I niversit) Placement Service. Getting a job, however, is primarily a task oi individual initiative and contact,

GRADUATE PROGRAM

i he Institute's resident instruction program is based on the student's n I for an understanding ol the social and economic fact* - shapin; < our industrial society, as well .is some degree of speciali ttion, and pj.K ti( al e\| rience in the held. Institute courses are developed in economies, engitu rin< la\>

politii al i U ni « . |)s\« hology, S < iology, a d m i n i s t r a t i o n , O m.in men! as t h e \ a p p l ) to l a b o r a n d i n d u s t r i a l a n d business relations. \

p riod "i pi.!. ti< .il work experience is part ol the curriculum, Students add to their practical knowled in several ways: b\ i.il ui" | it in the r < treh >\\^\ extension pn rams of the Institute l.\ in,il.in" held tups to industrial plants, and b) attending 1 tu rs b\ IHI in< ... industi ial, and union I idei

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