By BARB LEVAND

If you don't know what career you would like to enter or if you are looking for a career with a promising future, you might think about engineering, accounting, general office work, technology careers, health service positions, or the aerospace industry.

These careers will provide various opportunities for employment in the future, while the teaching field will continue to be overcrowded.

Job opportunities for women will improve, since well‑trained secretaries, typists, and stenographers will be in demand. Employers are looking for responsible, hard‑working women willing to take on the responsibility of overseeing the work of others in the office. At the present time, employers have a shortage of people willing to put in a full day's work for a full day's pay.

Those who don't have a college degree will find that many jobs are available for them, but college graduates will have an advantage because of their education.

According to Mr. Merlin Schultz, the coordinator of Pupil Personnel Services for District 207, those who have not received a college education might need special job training as industry and business become more complex. Technology positions, such as chemistry technology, require two years of college and will have openings for employment.

Mr. Schultz also stated, "By 1980 fifty percent or more of the total work force will be white‑collar workers. Within this group the professional and technical workers should increase faster than any other occupational group in the labor force." Computer programmers, recreation workers, social workers, and medical laboratory workers will have excellent opportunities for employment.

Apprenticeships in carpentry and tool and die will have openings, but apprenticeships in plumbing and electricity will be hard to obtain. All apprenticeships must go through the Illinois State Employment Service, which has an office in Des Plaines. Ability and interest tests are taken in order to determine what field a certain person is suited for.

When looking for employment, you should be willing to work and have a general background. "The best qualifications for keeping and advancing in a job are a well‑rounded education and a willingness to work," stated Mr. James Killam, college and career counselor at Maine West. You should think about a career as soon as possible, so that you may learn the skills which will be helpful.

Maine West offers a number of programs which help to prepare students for careers which interest them. The Cooperative Education programs offer experience in various careers, such as Child Care, Food Occupations, Diversified Occupations Distributive Education, and Office Occupations. The Cooperative Education Program also provides on‑the‑job experience in each of these areas.