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Revision as of 14:13, 28 March 2011

The Placement Bureau was established in -- as a student service. It existed for the purpose of assisting graduating students and alumni find jobs (specifically in business, industry, government, and education). Placement Bureau had an established library for magazines and brochures about companies, jobs, interviews, letters of application, how to find employment, resumes, etc. Placement Bureau worked closely with all the deans and department chairmen. Students were encouraged to register with the Placement Bureau at the beginning of the school year in which they would graduate. Placement Bureau had many variant names, Placement Center being most common. Placement Center had three divisions: Student Employment, Staff Employment, and Career Placement. B. Keith Duffin was the director (1957-1968).

Variant names

University Placement Bureau

University Placement Office

Placement Office

Placement Center

Placement

Student Placement Bureau

Description

Functions

Placement Bureau's main function was to assist students to find jobs after graduation. Placement Bureau assisted with student part-time employment on and off campus and staff employment as well.

Assets and Administrative Structure

Placement Bureau reported to the Administrative Assistant to the President of BYU. Placement Bureau functioned under a director: B. Keith Duffin (1957-1969) and under a Manager: R. Wayne Hansen (1970-1976). Placement Bureau had the following subordinates: Teacher Placement (-); Educational Placement (1964-); Student Employment (1961-1962); Staff Employment (1964-1968), Donald R. Lyman; Career Placement (1961-1962); and Technical Placement (1964-1970), R. Wayne Hansen.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Student Services (1972-1981)

Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Educational Placement (1972-1976)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Placement and Employment Services (1985)

Associated Archival Materials

Placement Bureau Records, 1936 (UA 137 folder 1)

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1955-56: p. 392 (University Placement Office; Placement Office)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1958-1959: p. 93 (Placement Bureau assisted graduating students to find jobs in business, industry, government, and education; worked with deans and department chairmen; helped students find part-time jobs; the placement library had information on jobs, interviews, letters of application, how to find employment, etc.) p. 123 (Teacher Placement functioned with University Placement Bureau)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1964-1966: p. 424 (Staff Employment Supervisor Donald R. Lyman; Technical Placement Supervisor R. Wayne Hansen)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1970-1972: p. 530 (Manager R. Wayne Hansen)

Beginning. (B. Keith Duffin, director)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1972-1973: p. 53 (Materials available in the placement library on how to prepare a resume)

Papers, 1948-1963 (Placement, variant name) (UA 881.16.6)

Papers, 1948-1963 (Placement Center had three divisions: student employment, staff employment, and career placement; Student Placement Bureau, variant name) (UA 881.16.14)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2011-00056

LCCN: no2008028013

Creator: UPB