There was a moment when I was in an interview this fall and after answering a question, the interviewer got out of his chair. I was surprised to find that he stood up to crush a roach. Not only are University Career Services’ facilities in bad shape, so are its services.

After failing to find the percentage of Northwestern students who go into the workforce after graduation on the UCS Web site, I called them to find the answer. An assistant director confessed, “We don’t track that.”

Then who the hell does?

Since the most qualified department doesn’t have an answer, my roommates and I ventured a guess. According to the Department of 1018 Foster, two-thirds of undergraduates enter the workforce upon graduation. Let’s assume most of these students enlist aid from UCS, a service provided by the Office of Student Affairs.

Because such a large number of students potentially interact with UCS, one would think that the administration would funnel enough money for appropriate resources. It’s not as if UCS employees intend to do a bad job and provide limited information, but due to the lack of resources, they have no choice.

The list of outdated information on the UCS Web site could fill the Forum page. One example that caught my eye was the “Partial List of Investment Banks” that cited a whopping 15 companies. One of these companies stopped its investment banking practice in 2001 and three other companies exist as different entities.

NU needs to take a cue from the Mecca of career services — The University of Pennsylvania. Their career services Web site provides loads of information and statistics. It details every company that hired its graduates and which position they received. There is also data showing the relationship between academic majors and job offers. If I was a political science major I can review all the companies, positions