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THE WORLD Coos Bay Ore Thursday, December 1 197 Open house scheduled Tuesday Computer firm opens in Coos Bay usiness rv trap Barrett Business Editor Survey reveals skills needed organizational structure A potential employer in the area of professional technicians rates professional and technical competence as the leading qualification of an applicant Then comes the persons ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, a good work attitude and motivation, followed by stability and perserverance For employers in the clerical field, they first seek What are your chances of locating the job ou are seeking and what is a future emplover looking for when he inters tews applicants1 According to a recent Mines conducted of 140 Port land area businesses you stand a good chance of land mg the job you want if sou are a graduate with a maior in business ad ministration, have minors in accounting engineering and or sales and marketing Northwest Microcomputer Systems, Corp may be the only computer firm not dealing in computers, ac cording to the Coos Bay company technical specialist, Randy Bush hat the firm does deal in is service, other principals explain For those not familiar with computers or business jargon, the firm will offer whats known as a turnkey system Bush explained You get in it, turn the key, and drive it off For the small businessman it will offer an accounts receivable program as ell as the full cycle of accounting practices including general entry, payroll and othei techniques For attorneys it will offer time and charges data for use client billing, as well as a word processing component for tandardized forms such as leases or wills For bookkeepers it ill offer time and charges information, as well as general ledger capabilities and word processing And for those really wrapped up in making computers work for their individual business, it can also be used by a systems programmer to develop new tailor-made programs, with a high level language," Bush explains The new firm is the brainchild of several Bay Area businessmen, who, using Bushs 12 years of experience in software and systems development, have created a first-of its kind, at the price, according to another principal, accountant John Buries This is no hobbv com Make certain skills are in proper order applicants with motivation and good work attitudes, then comes basic skills, stability and perserverance and vocational training and technical skills If vou wnt to become a salesperson" you must first have a good work attitude and positive motivation You must be able to communicate both verbally and in writing These are listed as the first priorities for a sales position the second qualification is listed as being stable and able to perservere, followed by social compatibility and personal relations, Stevenson stated In the field of unskilled labor, employers first seek motivation and work attitudes followed by stability, perseverance, discipline and The answers to these and other questions were found by a recent survey conducted by the Oregon Bureau of Labor, accordirg to Bill Stevenson commissioner According to the survey conducted of 14n businesses in the Portland area an ap pheant stands a good chance of landing a job if he is a college graduate with a major in business administration, with a minor accounting engineering or sales and marketing The survev was conducted to determine and ldentifv the attitudes and opinions of job applicants he said Craftsman applicants should make certain their 'ecHic il sHis and vocational training are proper order Employers then ay a good work attitude is the second most important qualification followed bv motivation stability perserverance di.finline and adiuslment nr Microcomputer principals, from left, Randy Bush, John Buries, Dr. Michael McKeown, Jim Long and Jay Farr. puter, Buries explained Its a sophisticated system, offering a number of technical services, great speed and flexibility and at a very low price About 400 invitations to Bay pm The open house is also open to the general public and will feature an informal demonstration of equipment as well as an on the hour foimal presentation on the Area businessmen have gone out for an open house to introduce the new firm to be held Tuesday, Dec 6, at the Coos Bay Library, at 525 Anderson St from 9am to 5 (The system does not require a key punch operator It offers choices of functions on the television screen, which the operator of a keyboard, much line a typewriter, selects The screen can be manipulated by the key board to back up, go forward, make corrections and so on It also provides a quick visual check for bad data, for instance, it wont accept incorrect account numbers Aside from consultations available from Bush, at least two other members of the firm have computer experience, and currently a Marshfield High School student, Jim Long is inputing information into systems for the company Further information on the firm can be obtained fnom Buries firms systems capability New offices for the firm are at 219 Fitzpatrick Building, on the Coos Bay mall Other principals the firm include Dr Michael McKeown, Dr William Massey and Jay Farr Farr True Value Hardware is the firms first customer and that firms system will be available for viewing at the open house The system" consists of a computer information storage and retrieval equipment, a video display terminal, much like a television set, a keyboard used to input information and to extract it, and a printer which can turn out finished copies of bills for individual clients, ledgerlike entries, listings or accounts and other printed information in a variety of sizes, shapes and layouts, and as slow as 55 words a minute or as fast as 150 words a minute, or more "The above system, pur chased elsewhere, would cost about $40 000, Bush explains The Coos Bay firm has indicated a starting sale price of $15,000, including 20 hours of free consultation initially and local maintenance and serv ice For computer initiates the system can easily handle 10,000 accounts, for instance, Bush explains, containing about 150 pages of printed material (50,000 characters) on each of the floppy" (literally) discs it uses The advantage of the system, Bush says, is if you know accounts receivable, you can use it Training is minimal Its under your control and its house It will allow businessmen to use them personnel to greater efficiency tSB umjmCBaDOSCXEEB. 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