Monday, October 17, 2011

Where are all the applicants?


Over here in Career Services were feeling a bit baffled. Despite high turnout at employer events and information sessions, and the fact that the number of employers interviewing students on-campus is up this year by 8%, Tufts students have applied for the positions posted on Tufts Career Connect (TCC) in unusually low numbers. Employers across a wide variety of industries, from education to environmental consulting to finance have struggled to fill their interview schedules with interested candidates. Many positions have received less than half the number of applications they’ve received in years past. One firm with a long tradition of hiring Tufts Seniors, which had more than 50 interested applicants in 2010, had only 19 this year!

So we’re turning to you, the students, to ask “why aren’t you applying?” Send your opinion about what’s going on to Career Services’ Associate Director of Employer Relations Robin Kahan.

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