April 30, 1998
							Contact: Ida Lee
Wootten
								  (804)
924-6857

STUDENT PROVES LOOKS, PLAYING-BY-THE-RULES
DON'T ALWAYS MATTER

	If asked to pick who on the Lawn at the University of Virginia's
May 17 graduation has secured a high-paying job, many parents probably
would not pick Stephen Hund, with his long blond hair banded into a pony
tail.
	If told that Hund is a drummer and singer in a rock band, most
would have a hard time believing that he has snagged a highly
sought-after management consulting job with a hefty salary, good
benefits, a signing bonus, a salary advance and a generous allotment to
move to San Francisco.
	And certainly few in U.Va.'s Office of Career Planning and
Placement expected that a fourth-year psychology major could walk in,
without a rŽsumŽ, late in the job-hunting season, secure a job
interview the next day with a recruiter for Bain & Co., and be offered a
job as a strategic management consultant in the firm's most prized
office within a week and a half.
	But this is the job-hunting success realized by Hund, the son of
Lawrence and Connie Hund of Charlottesville.
	Although the job offer came in under two weeks -- and the
job-interview process included flights to Boston and San Francisco and a
skiing trip to Lake Tahoe -- Hund took a while to accept.  He was toying
with the idea of devoting himself full-time to his band, the Founders.
(His brother, Brenton, graduated in 1996 from U.Va. with a degree in
economics and is also a Phi Beta Kappa.  He is the lead singer in the
band and is the head waiter in Farmington County Club's formal dining
room.)
	When asked how he was able to secure such a job offer with
virtually no preparation, Hund replies "luck," and notes that his
academic success probably gained him entrance to the first interview.
Despite often returning to Charlottesville as late as 4 a.m. after
playing with the band throughout the East Coast, Hund has a 3.94
grade-point average.  An Echols Scholar, Hund was also a third-year
inductee into Phi Beta Kappa, a member of the Golden Key National Honor
Society and was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship.
	When Hund was able to secure an interview slot, he was told to
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rŽsumŽ and transcript of his grades.  He didn't have any of these
materials and had to stay up most of the night drafting the letter and
rŽsumŽ.  
	"I didn't get nervous at the interview, probably because I
hadn't had time to think about it.  I talked from the heart, and I was
sincere," said Hund.
	"Steve's skill as a drummer taught him to play with the timing,
come in late on the beat, yet make it sound cool," said Jon Haidt,
Hund's faculty advisor in the psychology department.
Hund's leaving a big question for his younger sister, Heidi, who starts
U.Va. in the fall to answer: Should she try to follow his example four
years from now when it's time to find a job?
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	For more information, Hund can be reached through May 9 at (804)
984 4378 or via swh9h@virginia.edu.  Television reporters should contact
the TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.  



































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