Announcements
for Friday, February 29, 2008
from Antoinette Fairley, Ticket Office
A Smooth Jazz Concert will be held on Saturday, March 1, in Seabrook Auditorium.
The following will appear: Wilmington, NC’s Own El Jaye Johnson and The Port
City All-Stars from Fredricksburg, VA; Patt Brown McLeod; and David Collins from
Atlanta, GA. Showtime is from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m. All seats are $35,
and hors d'oeuvres will be served.
For advance tickets, contact (910) 261-7009 / (910) 494-2654. Tickets will
also be sold at the door. Thank you.
from Paris Jones, Career Services
CollegeGrad.com Names Top Intern Employers for 2008
Top 200 Intern Employers Plan to Hire more than 46,000 Interns in 2008
STATE COLLEGE, PA--(HR MARKETER)--February 27, 2008--CollegeGrad.com, the #1
Entry Level Job Site, today announced the Top 200 Intern Employers for 2008.
According to the results of the 2008 Top Entry Level Employers survey, current
college students can expect Top Intern Employers to hire more than 46,000
interns in 2008.
The Top Intern Employers list details the 2008 internship hiring plans for 200
employers nationwide, and is available online at
www.CollegeGrad.com/topemployers/internships.shtml. Each employer page
also details projections for entry and masters level hiring for the 2008
recruiting year.
Among the 2008 Top 200 Intern Employers listed by CollegeGrad.com, 53%
anticipate hiring more interns in 2008 than 2007. Twenty-two percent (22%)
will hire the same number and 25% will be hiring fewer interns than in 2007.
But even though more than half of employer respondents indicated they would be
increasing their total intern hiring, the total increase in 2008 intern hiring
is only 0.52% over 2007 intern hiring.
Why so slight? "It may reflect the uncertainty with the economy," said
Brian Krueger, President of CollegeGrad.com. "A small increase is not
inherently a bad thing, but it may be showing a leveling off of the demand for
entry level talent in future years."
At the top of the list, Walgreens plans to hire 7350 interns in 2008.
"We're proud to be the leader in internship opportunities," said Marty Slevin,
Walgreens manager of retail management recruitment. "Today, we offer more
advancement opportunity than at any time in our 106-year history for students in
retail management, pharmacy, technology and a broad spectrum of corporate
positions."
Other employers on the list are hiring as many as 2500, and as few as 5 interns
in 2008. Across the board, employers point toward their internship
programs as critical to future success in their recruiting and business efforts.
Recruiting leaders specifically highlight best-fit evaluation as key to that
success.
"Interns are critical to the success of ensuring a robust college grad hiring
effort," said Jolie Chehadeh, Campus Recruiting Program Lead for Thomson.
"Interns experience the organization firsthand and make an informed decision on
whether it is the right long-term career fit, and the organization is able to
evaluate the skills and overall fit of the intern through firsthand experience."
Lesser known employers find their internship programs valuable for developing
on-campus advocates for their company. "Interns go back to their school after
working at Argon ST and talk to other students about the positive engineering
experience at Argon," said Terry Collins, Argon ST’s CEO. "This helps us
in hiring higher quality new graduates from their university."
With more than 46,000 internship opportunities represented by the Top Intern
Employers list, Krueger recommends that college students take advantage of
available internships to launch themselves into post-graduation employment.
"The experience gained in an internship or co-op can be the key differentiator
for many new college grads," says Krueger. "A successful internship can be
the ticket to locking down a job offer, or several job offers, early in your
final year."
Having already completed their internships, the Class of 2008 can look forward
to a positive entry level hiring year. Top Entry Level Employer survey
results released by CollegeGrad.com last month project entry level hiring to
increase 11.8% in 2008.
About CollegeGrad.com:
CollegeGrad.com is the #1 entry level job site on the Internet and is the leader
in the field of entry level job search. Brian Krueger is President and
Founder of CollegeGrad.com and author of the best-selling book for entry level
job search, College Grad Job Hunter.
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