CollegeGrad.com research reveals that entry-level employers are
increasing their hiring by 7.3 percent in 2007. The site's Top Entry-Level
Employers list represents more than 170,000 jobs for the class of 2007. The list,
available online,
details 2007 entry-level hiring plans for more than 500 employers and includes links to the home page,
careers page, and college page for each employer.
Among the Top 500 Entry Level Employers, 60 percent planned to hire
more college grads in 2007 than in 2006. Twenty percent said they would hire
the same number and 20 percent planned to hire fewer college grads than in 2006.
The CollegeGrad.com survey results name Enterprise Rent-A-Car
as the No. 1 Entry-Level Employer for the fifth year in a row.
With 8,000 projected entry-level hires for 2007, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
predicted a 14 percent increase in its 2007 entry-level hiring.
According to a recent poll by CollegeGrad.com, 72 percent of college-grad job-seekers don't have a resume yet or
say theirs needs help. Following are the overall survey results:
How good is your resume?
- Needs help - 45.2 percent
- Perfect - 28.0 percent
- I don't have one yet - 26.8 percent
As the class of 2007 finalizes its post-graduation plans, CollegeGrad.com announces the Top 25 cities for entry-level job
openings. The list represents more than 34,000 jobs for entry-level job seekers.
The list is available online
and includes links to job postings for each city.
New York and Los Angeles top the list for cities with the most
entry-level job openings. Houston, San Francisco, and Philadelphia, PA,
round out the Top 5. New York, the largest city on the list, accounts
or about 3,300 entry-level jobs, while Los Angeles accounts for about
2,800 jobs. Miami, Chicago, Tampa, Dallas, and St. Louis round out the
top 10, all with more than 1,600 entry-level jobs.
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