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If you’re graduating college this spring, consider yourself luckier than your counterparts of the last few years: a survey of businesses shows that most companies said they intended to hire more newly graduated college students this year than in recent years past.

The annual survey by CareerBuilder.com and CareerRookie.com found that 54 percent of business surveyed said they would be hiring more college grads, and increase from 46 percent last year. The survey in 2010 found that 44 percent of employers surveyed planned to hire new grads that summer, with 43 percent saying so in 2009.

As for the majors most in-demand: 39 percent of employers said they were looking for business majors, followed by computer majors (24 percent) and then information sciences grads (23 percent).

As for the other top majors, those who majored in communications technologies, health professions, the clinical sciences, math, and statistics are expected to be the most sought after.

Other good news for this year’s grads: employers are planning to pay more when it comes to starting salaries.

The survey reported that 20 percent of employers said they would pay $30,000 or less, while 38 percent said they’d be paying $50,000 or more. Thirty percent will start new grads out with a salary between $30,000 and $40,000, while 21 percent will deliver salaries between $40,000 and $50,000.

Be sure to watch what’s on your social media profiles: 15 percent of those employers surveyed said they didn’t hire a recent grad because they didn’t like what they saw on the candidate’s social media feeds.

The survey also found that, while a good GPA is important, so are extracurricular activities such as part-time work while in school, internships and volunteering. In fact, of those surveyed, 53 percent of employers said they looked at volunteer work as “relevant experience.”

If you’re still in college, or a recent grad, working in temporary assignments also counts as “relevant.” If you’re at school in the NYC area, contact a recruiter at Winston Resources. We’d love to talk to you more about the short- and long-term temporary assignments we offer, as well as direct-hire opportunities if you’re looking for regular employment. We look forward to hearing from you!


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