Spotlight Online for Employment and Recruiting Professionals, April 14, 2010

Spotlight Online for Career Services Professionals, April 14, 2010

NACE’s college hiring index hit positive territory for the first time this academic year: The college hiring index for March stands at 103. (See Figure 1.) 

The poll, conducted March 1– April 9, also shows that 37.6 percent of responding employers (n=177) report plans to increase college hiring, up from 26.8 percent in February’s index poll.

While NACE’s recruiting activity index for March shows a decline, this is largely due to timing, as the end of the college recruiting cycle for 2010 nears. In fact, many of those reporting a drop in recruiting activity over the next three months said they don’t focus their recruiting in the spring, but instead do so in the fall.  

(Note: NACE has been monitoring the recruiting activity and college hiring levels of employer members since October 2009 through the NACE Index. Index scores range from 0 to 200, where 100 represents no change; scores below 100 represent an expected decrease; and, scores above 100 represent an expected increase.)