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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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Developing Skills in Interns to Prepare Them for Their Careers, Bolster Conversion

Many employers use internships to help students build skills and improve their career readiness, which bolsters overall conversion.
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Impacts of Experiential Learning on the Gen Z Early Career Experience

April 18, 2025

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.

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Empowering Working Mothers: Strategies for Equity & Retention

Explore the “motherhood penalty” and its impact on women’s career advancement—including the costly implications of maternal attrition. Gain actionable strategies to support mothers’ return and their long-term success post-maternity leave. Save your seat.

Updated April 25

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.

Internships

In-person Activities More Effective Than Virtual Ones for Recruiting Interns

April 21, 2025

By Kevin Gray

In-person activities are the most widely used and effective means for recruiting interns, according to results of NACE’s 2025 Internship & Co-op survey. Read more.

Benchmarks

Career Center Budgets Climb 21% in Last Two Years

March 24, 2025

By Kevin Gray

Career center budgets for the 2024-25 academic year have increased across the board since 2022-23, according to results of NACE’s 2024-25 Career Services Benchmarks survey. Read more.

Intern Hiring

More than 70% of Organizations Expect to Increase or Maintain Intern Hiring Despite Overall Dip in Hiring

More than 70% of organizations expect to increase or maintain intern hiring, according to NACE’s 2025 Internship & Co-op Report. However, overall intern hiring is expected to fall 3.1%. Read more.

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NEW FROM NACE RESEARCH

The Latest Hiring Projections

Hiring Projections Level Off for the College Class of 2025

Developing Skills in Interns to Prepare Them for Their Careers, Bolster Conversion

Impacts of Experiential Learning on the Gen Z Early Career Experience

Empowering Working Mothers: Strategies for Equity & Retention

Latest Federal Update

In-person Activities More Effective Than Virtual Ones for Recruiting Interns

Career Center Budgets Climb 21% in Last Two Years

More than 70% of Organizations Expect to Increase or Maintain Intern Hiring Despite Overall Dip in Hiring

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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NEW FROM NACE RESEARCH

The Latest Hiring Projections

Hiring Projections Level Off for the College Class of 2025

Developing Skills in Interns to Prepare Them for Their Careers, Bolster Conversion

Impacts of Experiential Learning on the Gen Z Early Career Experience

Empowering Working Mothers: Strategies for Equity & Retention

Latest Federal Update

In-person Activities More Effective Than Virtual Ones for Recruiting Interns

Career Center Budgets Climb 21% in Last Two Years

More than 70% of Organizations Expect to Increase or Maintain Intern Hiring Despite Overall Dip in Hiring

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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