Graduates who haven't received full-time job offers are looking for other things like part-time employment. Some are willing to do unpaid internships to get their foot in the door of a company that may convert them to a full-time hire when things change.
It's kind of like if you're speeding at 100 miles an hour and you slow down to 80. You're still speeding, you're just not speeding as much.
When employers are looking at job candidate, work experience is one of the things they look for. Employers told us that three out of five of their new college hires in 2004 had internship experience.
That's the list we've been seeing for the past three to four years. These are the ones that are most needed.
I've been hearing a little bit here and there that some students are showing more interest now than they have in the past. I think that some of the students now are becoming a little more proactive.
