March 11, 2008
Despite State Economies, Lots of Jobs Here
Boston – Eight hundred jobs in student-affairs offices. More than 1,100 job candidates. And almost 10,500 interviews.
Those were the record numbers produced by Placement Exchange ’08, which took place over the weekend here before the annual Naspa conference. The job fair was packed this year because the association joined with four related groups for the event. But is also seems that hiring – in student affairs, at least – hasn’t been discouraged by the dim economic outlook in many states.
“We haven’t seen an impact on jobs yet,” said Kevin Kruger, associate executive director and director of development for Naspa.
We caught up with one job candidate, Justin M. Yates, a graduate student at Bowling Green State University who had 10 first-round interviews and four follow-ups, all in four days. “Oh, my gosh, there were so many jobs,” he said.
Word has it, Mr. Yates added, that some candidates had as many as 20 first-round interviews: “It’s a cool process that you can get so many interviews in at one place.” For Mr. Yates, the blitz resulted in the offer of an on-campus interview at a large university.
Elyse Ashburn | Posted on Tuesday March 11, 2008 | Permalink
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