According to Cynthia Faullin, the assistant director for recruiting for the Commerce Career Services, there can be advantages to graduating in December as opposed to finishing school at the normal time. This can provide graduates with time to relax, travel, take courses or gain other work experiences. There are some slight disadvantages during the job search process for December graduates. But he also said that most companies he has interviewed with don't discriminate between May and December graduates. Online job searches have also added fuel to the fire.
People can look for jobs at night in their pajamas or early in the morning at breakfast.
The traditional and formal means of looking for a job don't really apply to online searches. This merge is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2000 and will create the largest employment databank in the country. We feel that the change will allow us to better coordinate employers with potential workers.