Led by an intense appetite for technical labor, the entire spectrum of college graduates will fare well. The survey of 380 employers revealed continuing strong demand for technical graduates, Gardner says especially engineers. However, only 10 to 19 percent of actual hires can be attributed to Internet job sites.
Employers are concerned that the tight labor market is putting upward pressure on starting salaries.
However, in many majors the low end of the salary range will move up faster than the high end will. The Chronicle of Higher Education , Dec. 1, 2000. Some Career Services Should Target Women College career counselors should consider offering more job search, interviewing, and negotiating workshops geared specifically toward women in order to help them find more and better jobs after graduation, according to a recent study in The American Economic Review . In either case, it seems as if colleges could play a role in alleviating the unequal outcomes that women face. Gender differences in the transition from college to work.