Graduating college students face a mixed job market at best this
year, and most will leave school without an offer in hand, despite an
uptick in hiring by on-campus recruiters.
A survey of
employers by the National Association of Colleges and Employers showed
those that recruit on campuses plan to boost hiring of new grads by
10.2% from last year. However, on-campus recruiting is only a small
slice of the pie—the bulk of graduates find jobs on their own.
In a study to be released Thursday,
the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers
University found that recent graduates are taking awhile to find work.
Only 49% of graduates from the classes of 2009 to 2011 had found a
full-time job within a year of finishing school, compared with 73% for
students who graduated in the three years prior.
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