[geogu-l] that elusive first post-graduation job

[Richard Roth]

The National Association of Colleges and Employers connects campus
recruiting and career services professionals, and provides best practices,
trends, research, professional development, and conferences.   Their latest
study shows that graduating seniors are having to wait longer and longer to
land that first post-college job.  


 


Sorry to bearer of bad news.


 


Best,


 


Rick


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Class of 2011 Took Longer to Land Jobs


Spotlight <http://www.naceweb.org/spotlightonline/>  for Career Services
Professionals, August 17, 2011 

Students in the job market this year took longer to secure a position than
students did last year, according to results of NACE's 2011 Student Survey.


The median time that seniors from the class of 2011 took before landing a
job was 7.74 months. For seniors from the class of 2010, the median time
looking for a job before securing one was 6.95 months.  

Why it took longer is hard to say. It may be that seniors this year saw the
difficulty the two previous classes had in finding a job and simply started
their searches sooner, perhaps even before the recruiting season truly got
underway. 

NACE's 2011 Student Survey was conducted mid-February through April 30,
2011. More than 50,000 students nationwide, including nearly 20,000
graduating seniors, took part in this year's survey. Information in this
story is based on data gathered from graduating senior respondents. A full
report from the survey will be available this fall.  

 

 

 

Rick Roth

Geography Advising

(206) 543-3246

rroth at uw.edu

 

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