AfterCollege found the top metro areas for electrical engineers to begin their careers. We looked at entry-level jobs on the AfterCollege network as well as jobs from 75+ newspapers to find cities with the most employers. JustJobs, a top job aggregator and job search engine, provided us with a comprehensive database of jobs from across the country. Salary.com, a leading source of salary data provided us with information on average entry-level salaries in our top cities. Apartments.com, one of the leading apartment guides and relocation resources, provided us with average rent prices for our target cities for studios ...
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Who’s Applying to Sales Jobs?
Sales jobs are some of the few opportunities that remain in abundance in the current economy. We looked at job applicant data for the past 30 days to see what types of candidates were applying to sales jobs and here is what we found.
As expected, business-related majors account for the largest chunk of applicants to sales jobs, which include sales, business development, and account executive roles. Next in line are Humanities and Liberal Arts majors, followed by IT and Computer Science-related majors. Computer Science majors mainly applied to part-time sales and retail jobs and also to pre-sales sales engineering ...
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AfterCollege Users Smarter than Overall College Population?
A high GPA does not necessarily mean you're smarter, but it is one of the few indicators of academic ability and potentially an indicator of intelligence. Some employers put a lot of emphasis on GPA, while others don't. Those who don't put emphasis on GPA often mention that outside factors could negatively affect GPA. For example, a student may need to have a full-time job while in college to pay for school, and a heavy workload can impact grades.
Nonetheless, and disclaimers aside, we looked at AfterCollege members' GPAs and here is what we found:
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Free employer branding opportunity from AfterCollege. We're looking for early adopters.
AfterCollege has just released a new beta feature into production called "Answers" and we'd like to invite a select number of employers to participate as early adopters.
In a nutshell, it's a way for employers to get their employees signed up on AfterCollege as alumni and answer students' questions relating to your company, your industry, or anything career-related. It's a great way for employers to stay visible on campus and strengthen ties with academic departments and groups at a time when they may not be hiring. At the same time, interacting with alumni from their alma mater ...
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Networking is an Effective Recruiting Tool, Social Networking Not There Yet
A recent AfterCollege survey of college students and alumni provides valuable insight to help employers develop effective recruiting strategies.Traditional networking
We asked respondents to select the most effective methods for finding a job. Below are the options selected, ranked by popularity. Searching job boards and applying to company web sites directly were the two most popular options selected.
Traditional networking
Talking to people who work at an employer of interest, as well as talking to friends, family, and recruiters, were popular selections. These three options fall under networking.
Hard time finding work
We asked users if they were having ...
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