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  • 2018InsightSurvey

    AfterCollege 2017-2018 Student Career Insight Survey – Full Report

    Each year we conduct a student and recent grad survey to gauge how entry-level job seekers are undertaking the job search process. We’re pleased to share the report of our most…

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    Employers get traction with job postings on AfterCollege

    Recently, an employer asked us about job posting performance on AfterCollege. One crude measure of performance is clicks (a.k.a click apps) per job. This measures how many times a…

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    2016 AfterCollege Insight Survey: New Grad Unemployment Low

    AfterCollege surveyed 1,360 college undergrads, grad students and recent graduates to get their perspectives on the job search process, the employment landscape, and their search…

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    It’s Not Too Late to Hire Summer Interns. Here’s the Secret to Recruiting Top Intern Talent

    Take a minute and think about this famous thought experiment: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Now, think about…

  • identifying employee weaknesses

    13 Actionable Tips for Identifying Employee Weaknesses

    Good mentors are essential to career growth. They help mentees or trainees overcome steep learning curves and navigate around the confusing aspects of their jobs. Mentors are so…

  • College Recruiting

    Should I Be Doing My College Recruiting in January and February?

    The answer is yes. This means if you’re an employer looking for skilled, entry-level talent, you should be putting your best foot forward right now. According to…

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    Health Conferences: Unique Tips for Presenting to Your Board of Investors

    Holding public presentations in front of people can be terrifying. Sadly, if you’re in the business environment you can’t escape it. Whether you’re a business owner,…

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    Why Are Women Making Less, Even in Female-Dominated Industries?

    Historically, the three options a woman had for a career outside the home were: nurse, teacher, and secretary. Today, these are still some of the most female-dominated industries.…

  • recent college hires

    Hold On to Your Recent College Hires (Infographic)

    We surveyed nearly nine hundred recent graduates. We wanted to know exactly what young job seekers look for when they choose a company, and why they stay at a company for years.…

  • tech recruiting conferences

    7 Tech Recruiting Conferences That Are Worth the Money

    A reasonable payback: girls never called software engineers back in high school, and now in-demand software engineers won’t return a recruiter’s phone calls, emails, or…

  • public speaking

    How to Ace Public Speaking at a Tech Conference

    There’s a vital new trend in the tech industry: community-style learning. Hackathons, think-tank style startups, community forums, and, of course, tech conferences. Speaking…

  • unconscious bias

    How Unconscious Bias Drives Gender Inequality in the Workplace

    There is a fascinating article titled Why Aren’t Women Advancing at Work? Ask a Transgender Person. The post addresses how differently trans individuals have been treated at…

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    Recruiters: Here’s What Young Job Candidates Want

    Get inside the heads of one of the largest groups in the workforce. “Millennials now represent the largest generation in the United States, comprising roughly one-third of the…

  • future career fair

    How to Plan for the Future of Career Fairs

    When was the last time you used a rotary phone? If you’re one of our Gen Y readers, you may have never even seen one. (This is what they look like, just so you know!) If you…

  • how to master instagram

    The Secret to Getting Any Image You Want on Instagram

    It only takes a little bit of poking around on Instagram to discover that not all accounts are created equal. Have you ever wondered how some people manage to fill their feeds…

  • Ready, set,snap!

    How to Get Started on Instagram as a University Recruiter

    Looking for a way to build your employer brand, share your unique company culture, and get Gen Y and Gen Z students excited about working for your company? Photo-centric app…

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    5 Companies That Rock at Employer Branding on Instagram

    Lauren, a high school sophomore sits on the bus with a group of teammates on their way to a volleyball game. Everyone’s chatting about school, boys, their least favorite…

  • JOIN THE CONVERSATION

    Getting Started on Twitter: How to Set Up And Organize Your Account

    You’ve stood outside for long enough. You can hear the party raging on inside, but you couldn’t quite decide if you should go in or not. Now your mind is made up—you’re…

  • LISTEN UP!

    Getting Started on Twitter: How to Listen on Social Media

    Have you heard the story of the Red Cross intern’s inappropriate tweet? It’s an oldie but goodie as far as social media horror stories go. Basically, a social media intern got…

  • employer branding

    Your 5-Minute Guide to Employer Branding

    I don’t know about the men’s room, but some interesting things go down in the ladies’ restroom at work. Some of the unusual activities are easy to identify—like people who…

  • gen z

    Forget About Gen Y—Why Every University Recruiter Should Focus on Gen Z

    Do you have clear memories of life before and after you got your first smartphone? What about life before cell phones and the internet? If you answered yes to these questions,…

  • FIRST GENERATION students

    First-Generation Students Need Your Help. Are You Providing It?

    Your throat is dry and your palms are sweaty. A quick glance in a reflective building nearby shows that you don’t look quite as frazzled on the outside as you feel inside your…

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    Where the Tech Giants Stand When It Comes to Diversity Recruiting

    There are certain things that tech companies are really good at doing: building gadgets we didn’t know we needed but now can’t live without (iPhone, we’re looking at you),…

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    5 Ways to Create an Unforgettable (And Inexpensive) Internship Program

    Looking for a few ways to make your internship program a success? It’s easy to get an internship inferiority complex when you look at some of the amazing perks and benefits that…

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    Social Media Basics for University Recruiters

    If you’re a university recruiter, here are a few (work-related) thoughts that probably cross your mind on a daily basis: Why can’t there be approximately 17 more hours in…

  • DON'T UNDERESTIMATE

    Why You’re Missing Out If You’re Not Recruiting at Small Colleges

    I recently had the opportunity to chat with a recruiter from a smaller company, and I have a feeling that our conversation might resonate with you, too. She said that she feels a…

  • MY, HOW TIME FLIES

    2014: The Year in University Recruiting

    2014 is rapidly coming to a close. But before you pick out your sparkliest New Year’s outfit or break out the party poppers, let’s take a moment to reflect on the past year.…

  • Honeycomb

    Not Business as Usual—the Future of University Recruiting at MPACE14

    You’re not lost… are you? Nah. You glance at your phone just to confirm, but the scent of incense mingling with freshly pressed Ben & Jerry’s waffle cones indicates that…

  • Indeed serious

    How Indeed Is Committing to University Recruiting

    Imagine for a moment that you’re a current college junior. Your life is a whirlwind of mid-terms and lab reports and lectures (and maybe a party or two). But underneath all that…

  • attractive employers

    Students Rate Their Top Employers by Industry

    Branding and university recruiting go together like chocolate and peanut butter. (Or chocolate and strawberries. Or chocolate and coffee. Okay, chocolate and pretty much anything…

  • eBay Interns

    Tips for Internship Program Success from eBay Inc.’s Head of University Programs

    Why should you hire interns and recent college grads? I hope you have a few answers that immediately come to mind, but if you don’t, you’ll definitely want to read our…

  • cup of tea

    What You Need to Know About 2014–2015 College Recruiting Trends

    Did you know that on November 10, 2014, AfterCollege, Stanford University, and the Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI) at Michigan State University collaborated to…

  • EY content marketing

    How EY Uses Content Marketing to Create an Exceptional Candidate Experience

    Let’s start with a really important question: If you ate a slice of pizza at every pizza joint in New York City, how many pizzas would you end up eating in total? Now, the…

  • EY Collage

    Recruit Like the Elite: Lessons from EY’s Director of Recruiting

    Looking to learn from a university recruiting superstar? It doesn’t get much better than EY. For the past two years, EY has won the ERE Recruiting Excellence Award for Best…

  • URTwittercollage

    Top 5 University Recruiting Twitter Accounts

    140 characters. It’s such a small amount of text, yet it can have a BIG impact on your university recruiting efforts—if you go about it the right way. Twitter can be a new and…

    AfterCollege 2016 Student Career Insight Survey – Full Report

    Each year we conduct a student and recent grad survey to gauge how entry-level job seekers are undertaking the job search process. We’re pleased to share the…

    July 3, 2016 0 Comments Read article
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    Is Your Company Embracing Workplace Diversity?

    We surveyed more than one hundred students and recent graduates to find out what candidates ages 18-28 are looking for in workplace diversity. Here’s what we…

    February 26, 2016 0 Comments Read article
    2018InsightSurvey AfterCollege 2017-2018 Student Career Insight Survey – Full Report
    Trainee Employers get traction with job postings on AfterCollege
    tech gender gap Shocking Facts About Tech’s Gender Gap, and What They Mean for Tech Diversity
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    Skip Employee Bonuses. Give Them This Instead

    If you feel guilty for skipping cash bonuses at your company, you shouldn’t. Cash bonuses don’t work. Gifts, on the other hand, are no longer seen as…

    September 7, 2015 0 Comments Read article
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    Shocking Facts About Tech’s Gender Gap, and What They Mean for Tech Diversity

    I was talking to a friend last week about how angry we felt as women. We felt cliche. We felt like underdogs. We asked ourselves, “Why?”…

    September 1, 2015 0 Comments Read article
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    Why Employees Hate Performance Reviews and How Managers Can Fix It (Infographic)

    Performance reviews are no longer exciting or productive. A recent study even proved our brains are literally dulled during a performance review. When a person’s status is…

    July 7, 2015 0 Comments Read article
    job candidate

    Why You Might Be Losing Money When You’re Interviewing

    If you wanted a date with the woman of your dreams, would you treat all women poorly until you found what you were looking for? This tactic doesn’t work…

    June 25, 2015 1 Comment Read article
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    Student Ambassador Programs: A Quick And Simple Guide

    Have you ever thought to yourself, “Wow, I really wish I had waited until later to start recruiting college students”? Unlikely, right? Most recruiters feel like…

    November 5, 2014 0 Comments Read article
    WHY STORYTELLING

    4 Companies That Rock at Content Marketing And University Recruiting

    I have a seemingly silly question for you. Who do you trust more as a leader: J.K. Rowling (author of the Harry Potter series) or Queen…

    October 29, 2014 2 Comments Read article
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    University Recruiters: Get Ready for Fall With These Tips for On-Campus Events

    What’s your favorite part about being a university recruiter? I’m guessing it probably has something to do with the motivated and talented students you get to…

    October 22, 2014 2 Comments Read article
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    How Enterprise Recruits And Develops Diverse New Grad Talent

    What’s the secret to building a successful university recruiting program and hiring diverse new grad talent? We’ve talked about branding, building relationships on-campus, and having a…

    October 15, 2014 3 Comments Read article

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