April 23, 2004

Guarded Optimism on the Job Trail

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

This year's college graduates face brighter employment prospects -- but also fierce competition

Girl Scout cookies, canisters of mints, pens, and water bottles are all free for the taking here at a campus job fair on a Wednesday morning. Most of the enticements are adorned with the logos of insurance companies, volunteer organizations, or government agencies.

Students are asked, "How many accounting credits have you taken? More than 15?"

If so, two representatives from the

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