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Appointments Servic e Information o n Employment o f Firs t Degree Holders 197 9 — 1982 Table 19 Year Information 1979 1980 1981 1982 Percentage of First Degree Holders Satisfied with First Appointmen t 62.9% 66.0% 59.2% 66.6% Average Number o f Appointmen t Offers 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.6 Month in which Most First Degree Holders Received First Appointmen t Offers + June July July July Starting Salary (Median Range)* $2,276 — $2,71 1 $2,551 -$3,13 2 $2,966 — $3,923 $4,208 - $4,66 2 Notes: + The University's degree examinations are held in May each year. * 40% of the responses reported salaries above this range and another 40% reported salaries below it . Appointments Servic e Career Guidance Activities and Services 197 9 — 1982 Table 20 Year Activities 1979 1980 1981 1982 No. of Participants (No . of Events ) Career Counselling Sessions* 1,187 (54 ) 2,327 (59 ) 2,542 (76 ) 2,653 (79 ) Career/Recruitment Talk s 2,970 (19 ) 2,794 (24 ) 3,606 (29 ) 3,701 (28 ) Civil Service Careers Exhibition 2,500 (1 ) 3,200 (1 ) 2,300 (1 ) 2,400 (1 ) On-Campus Employmen t Interviews/Tests 736 (8 ) 756 (26 ) 1,303 (29 ) 1,867 (30 ) Summer Job Briefing Sessions 1,131 (38 ) 1,562 (42 ) 1,683 (42 ) 1,859 (62 ) Services No. of Studen t Visit s Placement Services + 4,432 8,383 9,386 10,671 Library Service s 2,983 5,713 6,327 7,102 Notes: * Not including individual counselling sessions + Including the collection of applications and arrangement of interview s 256