NACE Employment Outlook for 2009 Graduates
The outlook for college hiring appears to be stable for the May and December graduates of the Class of 2009. Despite a sluggish economy, employers responding to NACE’s 2009 Job Outlook Fall Preview Survey report plan to hire 6.1 percent more new graduates in 2008-09 than they did in 2007-08. NACE’s Summer 2009 Salary Survey report shows that the average starting salary offer for new college graduates now stands at $49,307. That’s off less than 1 percent from the average $49,693 that 2008 graduates posted last year at this time.