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Tips are offered to college seniors on what it takes to be hired even though there is a strong job demand in 1998. Twenty-two major US corporations that are recruiting seniors are listed alphabetically with a short description of each company, and contact information.See the full content of this document
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Today's seniors could not be luckier. They are graduating right in the middle of one of the tightest job markets in US history Wed by minimal inflation, the lowest (4.7% in October) unemployment rate in 24 years and strong job demand. Some employers are actually hiring recent graduates because they cannot find enough experienced hires.
"It's going to be the best year of the decade," commented Camille Luckenbaugh, employment information director for the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). "It's a great time to be a graduating senior." Nearly 70% of the surveyed employers plan to increase new graduate hiring, according to NACE's most recent annual survey, Job Outlook '98. The survey projected an overall increase of 19 percent in corporate hiring. The manufacturing sector is leading the pack with anticipated increases of 16% followed by the service sector with a jump of 16 Even government and nonprofits reported expecting a small rise in hires of around 3%. Seniors in all academic disciplines will probably benefit from this fight job market, according to the survey. Although demand remains especially vibrant in the computer-software/data processing arena, companies are also hiring graduates with liberal arts backgrounds. Insurance companies, merchandisers and consulting firms are the leading prospective employers for liberal arts graduates. JOB OFFERS ON THE RISE All this is good news indeed for the class of 1998. More recruiters than ever are visiting college campuses. Some career counselors report running out of interview rooms as employers increase their average number of campuses visited from 26 to 28 $is year. On-campus interviews remain the most popular method of college recruitment. Career or job fairs come second, according to the survey, followed by employee referrals and school job posting. Internet job posting, which ranked very low in lost year's survey, jumped up to number six in popularity. Clearly, companies ore showing increasing interest in this recruiting method. The surge in on-campus recruitment has already had a strong positive benefit. "Many students, especially those with work experience, easily had five or more job offers lost year," reports Leigh Turner, director of the Career Center at Texas A&M University, in College Station, Texas. Turner reports that last year employers conducted 26,000 job interviews at the school 14,000 in the fall and 12,000 in the spring. Turner expects even more interviews 6s year with the peak number coming in the fall. "Spring is sort of mop-up time," Turner explains. But strong demand does not mean that employers are lowering their standards. If anything, expectations are moving higher. Greg Hammill, director of employment for AT&T, says his company has strong standards for academic achievement and technical skills in all undergraduate hires. But AT&T also looks for "soft skills" like good communications abilities, decision-making, problem-solving a...See the full content of this document
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