Brigham Young University. Placement Center
The Placement Bureau was established in 1952 as a centralized organization to work with all colleges and departments of the University in the placement of graduates, as well as to provide a systematic and more effective service to students who need and desire employment while attending school. Since then, the Placement Center, or Placement Bureau extended to include service in three areas: Senior and Graduate Placement, Student Employment, and Staff Personnel. Placement Bureau assisted 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. B. Keith Duffin was the director (1957-1968).
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Variant names
University Placement Bureau
University Placement Office
Placement Office
Placement Center
Placement
Student Placement Bureau
Description
Established: 1952
Abolished: 1960
Location: Provo, Utah (1952-1960)
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 Personnel Services (?Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Student Services (1972-1981)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Teacher Placement (?Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Educational Placement (1972-1976)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. Placement Center (1961-?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; organized in 1952) (UA 881.16.14)
Maintenance Information
Record ID: EAC-2011-00056
LCCN: no2008028013
Creator: UPB