More college graduates have jobs waiting
Written on May 10, 2010
More college graduates are heading straight into new jobs this year, a study from a college employment group showed Thursday.
The number of college seniors who already have post-graduation jobs lined up jumped to 24.4% this year, up from 19.7% of the graduating class of 2009, according to a study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
While the increase in graduate employment is a positive trend, the uptick may be a result of more students accepting the jobs they are offered as they realize how tough it is to find a job in this economy, Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director, said in a prepared statement.
It turns out that while more graduates have jobs waiting for them, employers actually extended slightly fewer job offers to this year’s graduating class no fax pay day loan.
NACE said that 39% of students in the graduating class of 2010 said they had received job offers, and 59% of those students took the jobs.
Last year, 40% of graduates were offered jobs, but only 45% accepted the offers.
"There appears to be a greater awareness of the economic realities among this year’s graduates, and greater flexibility in the types of jobs they will consider," said Mackes.
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