{"175281":{"#nid":"175281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Number of Students Employed at Graduation Anticipated to Rise for Third Year","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs commencement approaches, another group of students faces the rite of passage of landing their first full-time jobs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThankfully, and with the help of people such as Career Services Director Ralph Mobley, new Tech alumni are getting jobs despite a challenging economy. The job market for graduating students has improved during the past two years and, though he doesn\u2019t claim to be clairvoyant, Mobley believes it will do so for a third year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EData from Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Assessment shows that in spring 2012, 67.2 percent of students were employed (and nearly 77 percent had offers) at the time of commencement \u2013 up from 63.4 percent in 2011. The percentage from 2012 nearly matched that of the most recent pre-recession high of 2007, when 69.5 percent of students graduated with a job.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOverall, one can assume engineering and technology will remain strong, but even in those areas, dips and downslides happen,\u201d Mobley said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat gives Mobley the confidence that 2013 will be an even stronger year? More students have secured interviews and taken offers earlier this year than last.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAustin Harvey, who graduates in December with a degree in biomedical engineering and a job with Abbott Laboratories, is one such student. He found Career Services\u2019 Optimal Interview helpful in his search. This resource lets students record and replay their responses to potential interview questions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cNot only does it assist in grooming your confidence in responding to common\u0026nbsp;interview questions, but it gives you ample opportunity to record responses to your own set of questions to better structure an approach in specific situational interviews,\u201d he said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKnowing about the prospective company helps as well. \u201cSimply researching what a company offers and familiarizing yourself with why they believe in what they do \u2013 and more specifically how that translates back to you \u2013 can be a deciding factor in their understanding of your interest,\u201d Harvey added.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavina Morrow graduates in May with a degree in chemical and biomolecular engineering and will move to Houston to work for BP. For Morrow, CareerBuzz and the annual Career Fair were integral to landing her job.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI made sure to apply to all the jobs I was interested in before the Career Fair, because most companies had application deadlines the week of the fair and even had interviews beginning the day after,\u201d she said. Though it\u2019s a crowded environment, Morrow advised students to attend the fair, talk with companies and leave resumes behind.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFace-to-face interaction is extremely important, and they may even sign you up for an interview on the spot,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECareerBuzz is an online starting point, but Mobley encourages students to take advantage of the many other Career Services resources, such as career counseling and advisement. Career Services is located in the Bill Moore Student Success Center near Tech Tower.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe job market for graduating students has improved the past two years, with signs it will improve in 2013 as well.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The job market for graduating students has improved the past two years, with signs it will improve in 2013 as well."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2012-12-04 11:03:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:18","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"175271":{"id":"175271","type":"image","title":"Career Services Employment Trends","body":null,"created":"1449179022","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:42","changed":"1475894816","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:56","alt":"Career Services Employment Trends","file":{"fid":"195840","name":"careergraph.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/careergraph_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/careergraph_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":401231,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/careergraph_0.jpg?itok=oq2ElRyd"}}},"media_ids":["175271"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.career.gatech.edu\/","title":"Career Services"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1414","name":"career services"},{"id":"627","name":"commencement"},{"id":"780","name":"employment"},{"id":"629","name":"graduation"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rachael.pocklington@vpss.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERachael Pocklington\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStudent Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}