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Hiring prospects look to improve for class of 2011

The National Association of College and Employers has some good news for University seniors.

More employers plan to increase their hiring rates in 2011, according to a survey recently released by the association.

“Based on that survey, one would assume that we would have more employers actively recruiting students at the University of Georgia for this academic year,” said Scott Williams, director of the University Career Center.

Of the employers who participated in the survey, 48 percent said they expect to hire more college graduates from the Class of 2011 than they did from the Class of 2010.

Williams cautioned that these figures are merely projections.

“There’s no way right now to say that for sure,” he said. “I think it’s a little premature.”

Despite his reservations, Williams said 150 employers registered to attend the Career Center’s fall career fair — an increase in participants from last fall.

“That’s a positive sign,” he said. “I think that’s about a 15 percent increase. I don’t know if you’d call that a significant increase.”

Moses Katz, a doctoral student from Tuscaloosa, Ala. studying historical linguistics, said he remains skeptical about employers’ prospective hiring.

“As far as what I’ve heard, it’s bad all around,” he said. “The hiring rates have been steadily poor. I don’t see a change, not for at least three years.”

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