Though the outlook for the economy may seem bleak, there is still hope for upcoming college graduates.
Many college graduates have found it difficult to find jobs due to the recession over the past few years. However, recent reports have shown that luck may be changing for upcoming graduates.
In 2011, the National Association of Colleges and Employers released a report showing that many employers were expecting to hire more in the upcoming years. Employers who were surveyed were from different industries including business, engineering, communications and agriculture and natural resources.
The report also suggests that those graduating in the fall semesters may have a slight advantage over those graduating in the spring because many of the firms who responded said they do the majority of their recruiting in the fall, according to the NACE.
However, job prospects for the spring class of 2013 still look positive and are looking better than they have in the past few years, as many employers project they will hire about 13 percent more in 2013 than they did in 2012. Firms who were surveyed also said they planned to focus on graduates with Bachelor’s degrees in business, engineering and computers, the Phoenix Business Journal reported.
Firms in industries such as government, construction, retail trade and oil and gas extraction suggested that they intended to do a significant amount of hiring within the next few years. Some government firms indicated they intended to increase hiring by 33.1 percent, construction by 25.4 percent, retail trade by 22.8 percent and oil and gas extraction by 19.4 percent. Nearly every firm that was surveyed said it would be doing some form of hiring in 2012 and 2013, according to the NACE.
The report also listed skills that employers felt were important, with the ability to work in teams being the highest ranked skill.
Close behind the ability to work in teams were leadership, written communication skills and problem-solving skills.
While this research may not ring true for every profession in the United States, these reports suggest that the outlook may be brighter for students graduating soon.
