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...recruiters this year are looking to sign both full-time employees and interns, the report found, down from an average of two-thirds for the classes of 2007 and 2008. And 16% of employers will be hiring only interns, nearly double the percentage that did so last year. "I explain to [the students] it's like taking another course, and paying to take that course," says Middlebury's executive director of career services, Jaye Roseborough. (See indicators that the economy is getting better...
Still, serving lattes for minimum wage plus tips is a painful prospect to the average college student, who graduates with $21,000 in the red. Tuition costs could also explain why graduate schools, traditionally a refuge in tough economic times, have seen uneven application numbers this year. Lance Choy, director of the career development center at Stanford, notes that grad schools were a popular backup a few years ago during the dotcom bust, but applications are flat this year. "Who needs more debt when the job market is looking rather grim?" he says. (Read "Finding a Dream Job: A Little...
...Lots of times if you’re just coming out, you’re in a very vulnerable situation,” Miracchi says. “You don’t want to have to explain yourself to everybody, so having one person who’s really well-versed in these issues and knows all the administrators really well is really an asset to the student...
...program also offers a $3,000 stipend to offset the lost wages of a summer job. Though similar programs provide free or low-cost test prep services to needy students, none lend the institutional imprimatur of a prestigious law school such as Harvard or NYU—which might explain the large number of applicants it received in its first year. Applicants will be selected in a two-part process that considers the student’s academic record, background, and financial need. The final stage of the application process closed Sunday. The inaugural program will be held at Harvard...
...Five assists over two games fail to explain the forward’s full repertoire of passes—setting up teammates incisively, spraying the puck around the rink and breaching the Cornell defense...