The average number of full-time URR staff members that organizations employ decreased to 13.5 from 14.3 last year.

TAGS: operations, trends and predictions, surveys, benchmarks, nace insights, talent acquisition

Career services practitioners can help college students attract the attention of employers via their resume by encouraging them to highlight the skills they developed through their various experiences.

TAGS: trends and predictions, surveys, nace insights

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

Employers plan to hire 14.7% more new graduates from the Class of 2023 than they did from the Class of 2022, according to NACE’s Job Outlook 2023 report.

TAGS: hiring outlook, trends and predictions, surveys, nace insights

Employers are strongly committed to in-person college recruiting activities this fall as they are largely unencumbered by travel restrictions that organizations imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TAGS: technology, trends and predictions, surveys, recruiting, nace insights, career development, talent acquisition, coronavirus

Based on their forward-looking staffing plans for the upcoming year, it appears employers are expecting similar or higher levels of recruiting activity this year.

TAGS: technology, trends and predictions, surveys, recruiting, nace insights, career development, coronavirus

To facilitate planning and benchmarking for both employers and career centers, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) is conducting a quick poll that looks at fall recruiting as well as how career services offerings will be delivered. The poll will also examine how recruitment and career services delivery have shifted over time. The polls run August 22 through September 20, 2022, and results are offered in real time.

TAGS: trends and predictions, surveys, recruiting, talent acquisition

NACE offers actionable insights based on the findings of NACE research for achieving a diverse cohort of interns.

TAGS: best practices, internships, trends and predictions, nace insights

Although the large majority of career centers conduct first-destination surveys, what they do—or don’t do with the results—has implications for the progress of DEI efforts.

TAGS: first destination, graduate outcomes, diversity and inclusion, trends and predictions, surveys, nace insights

The impact of COVID-19 on the college-to-career transition shifted employer expectations; it also gave rise to advice that applies more generally to all types of disruption.

TAGS: trends and predictions, journal, coronavirus