It
seems that the job market for recent grads has been one of fewer opportunities
and the cause for major stress over the past few years. While TheUniversity of Tampa continues to see a high percentage of its graduates
attaining full time employment or acceptance to graduate schools, more positive
signs on a national level should help to ease the pressure.
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) , the
job market for college graduates continues its upward trend as employers
responding to NACE’s Job Outlook 2013 survey at this early
juncture expect to increase hiring by 12.2 percent. It’s important
to note that the data presented here are preliminary and will likely change by
the time the survey is completed in September. Still, while not complete, the
preliminary data offer early insight into the climate of the job market for the
Class of 2013.
So far, the projected overall hiring increase
exceeds the plans of employers last year when they estimated a hiring bump of
9.5 percent. Furthermore, this year, only 8 percent of respondents are
reporting they will decrease college hiring, the smallest percentage since
2007.
One area that has remained the same among the Class
of 2013 and the previous two classes are the degrees that are most in demand,
which include: Finance, Accounting, Computer science, Electrical engineering,
and Mechanical engineering.
The
Office of Career Services has a full slate of events this year to help connect
you with opportunities and companies to network with. The calendar of current events is available in HIRE-UT.
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