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Top Jobs for the Class of 2009

Employers with openings in public accounting, financial/treasury analysis, private accounting, management training, consulting, and sales all made more offers than employers in any other industry. Those seeking project engineers and registered nurses were the most active non-business employers in terms of extending offers.

Branding Is Top Issue for College Recruiting Programs

Branding on college campuses remains the most important issue for college recruiting programs, according to preliminary results of NACE’s 2009 Recruiting Benchmarks Survey. Early results show that 85 percent of respondents have rated branding as either “very important” or “extremely important.”

Friday, July 03, 2009

Job Market

Fewer Grads Have Jobs, More Headed to Grad School Less than 20 percent of 2009 grads who have applied for a job actually have one in hand. Despite the lack of jobs, most respondents say they expect to enter the job market.

Strategies for Delivering Career Services in a Down Economy The archive for this virtual seminar that examines the recession and the tight job market and what they mean for career services is now available. (NACE members only.)

Find Starting Salaries Online NACE members can get a quick figure with online access to Salary Survey.

Economic Trends and the Implications for College Recruiting Economic outlook is for significantly slower growth over the next several years. (PPT)

Maintaining Effective Campus Recruiting and Career Services Programs in a Down Economy Career services and HR/staffing professionals can help each other through rough economic times by sustaining and strengthening their relationships.

Legal Issues

H-1B Visa Quota Still Not Exhausted As of May 18, there are still approximately 19,500 H-1B numbers left in this year's H-1B quota.

Latest Research

2010 Annual Conference

Evaluate workshops, the Tech Summit and the overall 2009 Annual Conference in Las Vegas! Use NACE's Live Learning Center to pick up handouts from workshops and sessions.

Call for 2010 Proposals: If you have a successful program, we want to hear from you! Share your experience and expertise by leading a workshop at the NACE 2010 Annual Conference. The Call for Proposals is open until August 3, 2009.

Flu Resources

For the most current information on the swine flu outbreak, including travel warnings and tips for staying healthy, visit the CDC web site’s swine flu page: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/.

NACE Blogs

NACE Committee Updates Chris Timm, chair of the Principles for Professional Practice Committee, writes about suspicious job postings. Add your comments!

Hire Expectations Blog Fewer students will have jobs at graduation: Preliminary results from NACE's 2009 Student Survey.

NACE Foundation

NACE Foundation Funding Priorities for 2009 For the current academic year, the Foundation has chosen to emphasize several broad issues as research priorities.

NACE Bookstore on Amazon

New! NACE has opened a bookstore on Amazon.com featuring titles for career services and human resources professionals.

Press Releases

College Grads Concerned, But Confident They Will Find Jobs (May 21, 2009)

College Class of 2009 Graduates With Fewer Jobs in Hand (May 6, 2009)

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Professional Development

Jobwire

Take a look at NACE’s improved Jobwire. Jobwire is the online system for job seekers looking to land the right job in career services, college recruiting, or HR/staffing and for organizations seeking to hire highly-qualified candidates for these types of positions.

Some current job opportunities include:

Assistant Director-Counselor, Johns Hopkins University Career Center
Associate Director, Employer and External Relations, Duke University
Employer Outreach Coordinator, Oklahoma State University
Career Services Advisor, Walden University
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