How a College Grad Can Land a Job This Year
By Judi Perkins, FindThePerfectJob.com
Things Are Better Than You Might Think
Colleges will soon release thousands of students into a depressed market. Yet they have less to be depressed about than the rest of the workforce. Two factors in their favor: college grads have a rosier outlook by comparison, and the competition for existing openings will be primarily between the hordes of graduates.
Higher paid, experienced workers are getting laid off and remaining employees are taking pay cuts. To balance the stress load, companies are hiring new grads. Employers know that the economy will eventually rebound and that hiring graduates seeds for future growth.
According to the Job Outlook 2009 Hiring Report by NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers), current projected hiring for the Class of 2009 shows very little growth over the hiring levels for the Class of 2008, but there's no expected decline. Simply put, when it comes to a new grad being hired, it will be the same as it's always been, but a little more intense. Now, even the top grads will have to work at it a bit and those who aren't at the top of their game will have to work even harder to make up for it, lest they be left behind.
What's a soon-to-be college graduate to do?
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