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Almost Two-thirds of Employers Use Skills-based Hiring to Help Identify Job Candidates

The shift to skills-based hiring is occurring as, for the third straight year, less than 40% of employers say they will use GPA to screen job candidates.
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Hiring Projections Level Off for the College Class of 2025

Overall, employers expect to hire 0.6% more grads from the Class of 2025 than they hired from the Class of 2024, according to NACE’s Job Outlook 2025 Spring Update.
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Job Stability, Healthy Workplace Culture Top New Grad Wish List

May 19, 2025

What do Class of 2025 college graduates want most in a job? According to NACE’s annual student survey, they are looking for stability. They also would like a healthy workplace culture and friendly coworkers. Read more.

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NACE25 Virtual Starts June 25!

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Updated June 5

Latest Federal Update

The Trump administration has issued several executive orders and taken other actions that impact the work of career services and early talent recruiting professionals. Read more.

Gen Z

Impacts of Experiential Learning on the Gen Z Early Career Experience

April 18, 2025

By Joshua Kahn and Sasha Patil

NACE surveyed early career talent—those who graduated in 2021, 2022, and 2023—to determine if (and how) experiential learning impacted their careers once they had graduated and landed in their first job. The results showed that those who took part in experiential learning while in college had higher rates of career satisfaction and a higher average salary than those who did not engage in experiential learning. Read more.

Student Attitudes

How Execution and Authenticity Impact the Candidate Experience—and Employer Brand

May 27, 2025

By Mary Scott

Third in a series of articles focused on the candidate experience, this article by Mary Scott addresses how execution, authenticity, and the candidate experience shape the employer’s campus brand. Read more.

Coaching

The Complementary Roles of Career Coaching and Career Advising: Striking the Balance

May 28, 2025

By Levi Thiele

Far from being at odds, career coaching and career advising are complementary. Each offers distinctive advantages to help students navigate their career trajectories. Read more.

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Fresh look. Bolder voice. Same powerful mission.

Almost Two-thirds of Employers Use Skills-based Hiring to Help Identify Job Candidates

Hiring Projections Level Off for the College Class of 2025

Job Stability, Healthy Workplace Culture Top New Grad Wish List

NACE25 Virtual Starts June 25!

Latest Federal Update

Impacts of Experiential Learning on the Gen Z Early Career Experience

How Execution and Authenticity Impact the Candidate Experience—and Employer Brand

The Complementary Roles of Career Coaching and Career Advising: Striking the Balance

0.6%

projected increase in hiring, Class of 2025 versus Class of 2024

60.4%

Percent of employers that rate the job market for the Class of 2025 as good to excellent

64.8%

Percent of employers that use skills-based hiring

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Fresh look. Bolder voice. Same powerful mission.

Almost Two-thirds of Employers Use Skills-based Hiring to Help Identify Job Candidates

Hiring Projections Level Off for the College Class of 2025

Job Stability, Healthy Workplace Culture Top New Grad Wish List

NACE25 Virtual Starts June 25!

Latest Federal Update

Impacts of Experiential Learning on the Gen Z Early Career Experience

How Execution and Authenticity Impact the Candidate Experience—and Employer Brand

The Complementary Roles of Career Coaching and Career Advising: Striking the Balance

TRENDING DATA

0.6%

projected increase in hiring, Class of 2025 versus Class of 2024

60.4%

Percent of employers that rate the job market for the Class of 2025 as good to excellent

64.8%

Percent of employers that use skills-based hiring