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How’s Job Hunting Going for the Class of 2021? We Checked In with Some Soon-to-be Grads
Base illustration courtesy of iStock/Olga Strelnikova Student Life How’s Job Hunting Going for the Class of 2021? We Checked In with Some Soon-to-be Grads
Seniors share their strategies for finding employment
April 21, 2021 Twitter Facebook
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, it more or less eviscerated the market for entry-level jobs. Thanks to hiring freezes, furloughs, layoffs, and rescinded offers, the national employment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds ballooned to a dismal 25.7 percent last May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly a year later, prospects for 2021 graduates are on the upswing, says a National Association of Colleges and Employers March report: employers project hiring 7.2 percent more college graduates this year than last.
Entering the Job Market
Landing your first job in 2021 requires flexibility, but the outlook is positive
April 16, 2021 Twitter Facebook
The job market is beginning to heal from the COVID-19 pandemic, but 2021 graduates will still need flexibility, resilience, and determination for their job hunt. And they should not let the uncertain times alter their fundamental goals, career experts say.
In the job market, “there may be areas that are thriving and areas that are hurting right now,” says Denise Mooney, associate vice president for enrollment and student administration, who oversees BU’s Center for Career Development (CCD). “But that’s always true. A classic career-development caution is, don’t try to identify your career by figuring out what’s recession-proof or change-proof or whatever.
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Looking for a Job during the Pandemic? New Center for Career Development Blackboard Course Can Help
Launch Your Career is the latest iteration of content developed by BU’s Center for Career Development. It’s aimed at helping students land jobs and internships during the pandemic. Photo courtesy of the Center for Career Development Job-Hunting
Launch Your Career offers tools for a smoother job hunt during lockdown
March 14, 2021 Twitter Facebook
Job hunting is difficult in the best of times. Add a pandemic and the economic consequences that come with it shuttered businesses, hiring freezes, layoffs, salary cuts and finding employment becomes exponentially harder.