Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --06/01/2011 -- The employment scenario for new college graduates continues to improve with hiring up by almost 20 percent compared to last year.

The salaries are also higher for 2011 graduates, by 5.9 percent, reaching an average of $50,462. The figures are from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). But the recent graduates, people who graduated two to four years ago, are being left behind in this hiring wave. Just over half of them have full-time jobs and fewer still have jobs in their fields.

The best placed among the 2011 graduates are engineers. Hiring for engineers is up by 97.1 percent according to the NACE. These figures are based on the information given by the companies surveyed by NACE. Graduates from majors related to manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and computers are also well placed for the job market.

But graduates from fields such as education, liberal arts, and journalism majors are facing a tough time getting jobs in their fields. One of the reasons is that graduates from these majors usually rely on government hiring to a considerable degree. But with government cuts at all levels, they are among the worst affected new graduates. The hardest hit are the education majors, among whom only 19 percent got offers compared to last year's 22 percent.

There are employers which are taking on new and recent graduates. But they may not be necessarily being advertising on the typical job boards which several of them cannot afford to pay.

EntryLevelCrossing is a job search engine that specializes in tracking down jobs directly from employer websites. EntryLevelCrossing has been able to find over 15,000 jobs in entry level positions so far across the country.

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The New York Times has recently carried a story which states that 22.4% of the 2009 college graduates are unemployed and another 22% are in jobs that do not require a college degree.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --05/23/2011 -- Graduation ceremonies across the country's high schools and colleges are being conducted in pomp but accompanied by economic uncertainty.

New graduates face competition from earlier graduates of the last two years and a slow economic recovery. A local media report from the San Diego State University's graduation ceremony showed most graduates were still looking for jobs or moving to other states for work.

The New York Times has recently carried a story which states that 22.4% of the 2009 college graduates are unemployed and another 22% are in jobs that do not require a college degree. Further analysis by the New York Times of 25 to 34 year old college graduates employment data shows that there a considerable increase of them working in food service, bars, and restaurants.

This means that the 2011 graduates will be facing stiff competition for entry level jobs from the 2009 and 2010 graduates. Many small companies, specially small and mid-sized businesses, do not even advertise on traditional job boards or visit college job fairs far from their location. They prefer to advertise directly on their job boards.

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EntryLevelCrossing has been able to find over 16,000 jobs in entry level positions so far across the country.

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The National Association of Colleges and Employers found from a survey of 170 employers that they planned to increase hiring of new graduates by 21 percent. Another wider survey of 4,600 employers.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/04/2011 -- A new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc says that the job market for new college graduates looking for entry-level jobs is at its best since 2008.

The downside to this is that most new college graduates will have to settle for smaller salaries, fewer benefits as well as working in fields outside their major. The Challenger report highlighted some important points in its report. 20 to 24 year olds had a 2.4 percent jump in employment from January to March 2011.

The National Association of Colleges and Employers found from a survey of 170 employers that they planned to increase hiring of new graduates by 21 percent. Another wider survey of 4,600 employers, by Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University, says that hiring of graduates will increase by 10 percent.

The report comes as good news to college graduates who are facing one of the worst job markets in recent years. The Pew Research Center says that nearly 40 percent of the 18-29 year olds are either unemployed or discouraged workers. But the new graduates also face competition from people who graduated in the last five years and who still have not found their ideal job.

The increased competition for entry level jobs means that college graduates will increasingly have to keep up with new ways of tracking jobs. Several employers, especially small and mid-sized businesses do not advertise on traditional job boards or visit college job fairs far from their location.

Job search engines such as EntryLevelCrossing specialize in tracking down jobs directly from employer websites. EntryLevelCrossing has been able to find over 17,000 jobs in entry level positions so far across the country.

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