Even students with a high 'C' average were getting good positions with Research Triangle Park firms. Now it's turning around and bottoming out a bit. Stuart Will, an ECU management information system graduate from Georgia, said he and his classmates are having to be more aggressive in pursuing jobs. Several friends who graduated in December are still searching for jobs, he said. I don't think I'm going to have a problem getting a job, but I think I'm going to have to exert more effort, look more.
Recent graduates see the job market shifting.
Miriam Nemetz graduated in December and took a temporary accounting job during the tax season. With that job ending, she was handing out resumes at a recent accounting department function. We probably have as much recruiting efforts right now as ever before. Alexander said his company is now competing with more accounting firms and nontraditional companies like IBM and banks to lure accounting students. Recruiting also remains competitive in the education field.