Entry by Pat Patterson
Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Why not polish up your resume? Now, I bet youâre all thinking, âYeah, rightâŠI thought this blog entry was going to be about some fun event or promotion.â Just keep readingâŠ
Iâm not suggesting you spend all weekend working on your resume, but it may be a good idea to add recent internships that you have not yet added. The more time that elapses after your internship, the more you will forget important details. You never know when an opportunity may arise when you will need to submit your resume, especially given the fact that college hiring and recruiting is expected to increase: Â
NACEâs current hiring index shows college hiring at 126.4, compared with 86.8 last year at this time. The October poll also found that nearly half of responding employers expect to increase their college hiring, while less than 10 percent project fewer college hires.
Index results confirm those from NACEâs Job Outlook 2011 Fall Preview, which found that employers expect to hire 13.5 percent more new college graduates from the Class of 2011 than they did from the Class of 2010.
NACEâs monthly poll also gauges the level of activity employers engage in on campus to recruit new college graduates for their organizations. The recruiting activity index for October stands at 117.7âpositive territoryâand is up from 92.6 in October 2010.
Read the full story here. Have a great, productive weekend!
