Whats the job outlook for the Class of 2001? With the economy starting to slow down, will graduates have a tougher time finding a job?
There certainly are signs that the economy is slowing-in fact, we saw it starting last spring as companies that were recruiting on campus were hiring for fewer positions than the year before. Across the country, even during good times, there always have been more college graduates than jobs that require a college degree. For the student who knows what he or she is looking for, and who has done things like internships or co-ops, there will be plenty of opportunities. This is particularly true for those students in the technical majors and in the sciences and math. Does the demise of many “dot.com” companies mean that computer science no longer is the “hot” major that leads to a guaranteed job? More than anything, the dot.com shakeup helped underscore our position that it is always good to have a broad education. Perhaps if some of these young entrepreneurs had taken some basic business courses, they still would be in business. The fact remains, however, that more and more of what we do
