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Job Outlook 2025

Percent of Employers Screening by GPA Ticks Upward
Employer use of GPA as a screening tool was in freefall between 2019 and 2023. However, over the past two years, its use has increased more than 9%.

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Hiring Up 7.3% for the College Class of 2025

Hiring for the college Class of 2025 is expected to increase 7.3% over hiring for the Class of 2024, according to NACE’s Job Outlook 2025 survey.
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Class of 2023: Nearly 85% of Bachelor’s Grads Employed or Continuing Education Within Six Months of Graduation

NACE’s First Destinations for the College Class of 2023 report shows outcomes for bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and associate degree graduates.
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Arup Engineers Expanded Career Readiness Programming for its Interns, New College Hires

October 28, 2024

This past summer, Arup expanded its career readiness programming for summer interns by working with its internal learning and development team to implement a series of competency-focused workshops. Read more.

Career Readiness

Support and Hire a More Inclusive Workforce Through Competency Integration

Choose from 20+ sessions, and join hundreds of peers in career services, recruiting, and education to explore career readiness assessment, curriculum integration and more. Can't pick which sessions? Get 60-day recording access with your registration! Save Your Seat.

Legal Issues

Can a Career Center Prescreen Candidates for an Employer? Can Faculty Prescreen for an Employer?

Many career services professionals are asked to prescreen candidates for employers—to identify their “best” students. So, too, are faculty members. Beyond a host of ethical issues involved in such a request, there are legal implications. Read more.

Dashboard

First Destinations for the College Class of 2023

Use the interactive dashboard to filter results for bachelor's degree graduates by major and more! Try it now.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Nontraditional-Aged College Students and Career Preparation

October 28, 2024

By Mary Gatta

While some of the experiences of nontraditional-aged students mirror those of their traditional-aged peers, there are important areas where they diverge. This information can help career service professionals and recruiters better serve this growing group of college students. Read more.

Demonstrating Value

Data Collection, Analysis Help Murray State Career Services Tell Its Story

October 28, 2024

By Kevin Gray

Matt Purdy of Murray State advises career services professionals to think about the resources they are trying to obtain and find data that not only align with what they are asking for, but to connect them to the priorities of their administration or institution. Read more.

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Job Outlook 2025

Percent of Employers Screening by GPA Ticks Upward

Hiring Up 7.3% for the College Class of 2025

Class of 2023: Nearly 85% of Bachelor’s Grads Employed or Continuing Education Within Six Months of Graduation

Arup Engineers Expanded Career Readiness Programming for its Interns, New College Hires

Support and Hire a More Inclusive Workforce Through Competency Integration

Can a Career Center Prescreen Candidates for an Employer? Can Faculty Prescreen for an Employer?

First Destinations for the College Class of 2023

Nontraditional-Aged College Students and Career Preparation

Data Collection, Analysis Help Murray State Career Services Tell Its Story

82.6%

Percent of employers planning to maintain or increase hiring for the Class of 2024

76.6%

Percent of employers rating job market for Class of 2024 graduates as "good" to "excellent"

48%

Percent of entry-level positions that are hybrid

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Job Outlook 2025

Percent of Employers Screening by GPA Ticks Upward

Hiring Up 7.3% for the College Class of 2025

Class of 2023: Nearly 85% of Bachelor’s Grads Employed or Continuing Education Within Six Months of Graduation

Arup Engineers Expanded Career Readiness Programming for its Interns, New College Hires

Support and Hire a More Inclusive Workforce Through Competency Integration

Can a Career Center Prescreen Candidates for an Employer? Can Faculty Prescreen for an Employer?

First Destinations for the College Class of 2023

Nontraditional-Aged College Students and Career Preparation

Data Collection, Analysis Help Murray State Career Services Tell Its Story

TRENDING DATA

82.6%

Percent of employers planning to maintain or increase hiring for the Class of 2024

76.6%

Percent of employers rating job market for Class of 2024 graduates as "good" to "excellent"

48%

Percent of entry-level positions that are hybrid