Thursday, October 27, 2011

NACE: Demand High for Accounting Graduates

According to a new survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), employers looking to hire new college graduates express the highest interest in business, engineering, and computer science graduates, with more than half the employers who responded to NACE’s Job Outlook 2012 survey identifying those fields as their hiring focus.

NACE Executive Director Marilyn Mackes identified accounting as one of several “specific disciplines of targeted interest,” along with finance, business administration and mechanical, electrical and computer engineering.

The survey found that employers plan to conduct the majority of their recruiting in the fall, but appear cautious in their plans to hire Class of 2012 graduates, with many saying the bulk of their openings are related to attrition.

Many employers also indicated that they will reassess their needs on at least a quarterly basis,

1 comment:

  1. That a very good news , for guys like me all who are persuing graduation in accounting

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