New graduates and their potential employers can agree on which skills are most important for job candidates, but differ on how proficient new graduates are in those abilities.

TAGS: branding and marketing, competencies, candidate selection, trends and predictions, student attitudes, surveys, nace insights, talent acquisition

Job security tops the list of attributes new college graduates say are important in a job. The ability to develop job-specific and soft skills, friendly coworkers, and a good benefits package round out the top five, according to results of NACE’s 2022 Student Survey.

TAGS: student attitudes, surveys, nace insights, benefits

Personal experience is a factor for how Gen Z high school and college students determine the industries they want to work in and the organizations they prefer to work for.

TAGS: student attitudes, surveys, nace insights

Dr. Julia Overton-Healy of St. John Fisher College suggests career services offices need to recalibrate their understanding of who their students are and make changes to accommodate them.

TAGS: best practices, branding and marketing, operations, competencies, student attitudes, nace insights, career development

College students want their employers to provide financial and insurance benefits, according to results of the NACE 2021 Student Survey.

TAGS: trends and predictions, student attitudes, surveys, nace insights

Does salary matter to graduates from the college Class of 2021? No … and yes, according to students responding to NACE’s 2021 Student Survey.

TAGS: compensation, salaries, trends and predictions, student attitudes, surveys, nace insights, students

Virtual recruiting provides a better job-search experience for historically marginalized populations than in-person recruiting, according to results of the NACE 2021 Student Survey.

TAGS: internships, diversity and inclusion, trends and predictions, student attitudes, surveys, nace insights, first generation

Searching for a job can itself be a full-time job and could lead to burnout. Giving students permission to rest and recharge can ease the mental burden and lead to future success.

TAGS: best practices, faculty, trends and predictions, student attitudes, member voices

Ned Khatrichettri and Cameron Vakilian explore the nuances of professionalism in a post-pandemic, increasingly digital world.

TAGS: diversity and inclusion, student attitudes, member voices

This NEW publication from NACE, Succeeding in the New Normal: Student Attitudes and Effective Virtual Recruiting, provides recommendations and insights, based on research and qualitative interviews with students, for effective virtual recruiting strategies and practices. Download your FREE copy today.

TAGS: technology, best practices, recruiting methods, student attitudes, recruiting