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Tech hiriNg On ThE riSE?
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by Theresa sullivan barger
nlike his peers who graduated a year ago, NSBE member Kingsley Iduma left school with a mechanical engineering degree in the midst of a hiring boom for recent college graduates. Iduma had an offer by spring and began work this summer at Union Pacific Railroad Company’s headquarters in Omaha, Neb. The 2010 Michigan Technological University alumnus applied for 15 jobs, interviewed with two companies and received one offer. But he wasn’t that unusual among his technically trained college friends: Most of his friends with technical majors have job offers; some have multiple offers. Not so for most of his friends with business or liberal arts degrees, who still didn’t have offers in June. Iduma and others with technical skills are enjoying a surge in demand. But while companies are hiring and demand for tech skills is up, the economy is still so weak that employers can afford to be selective.
EARNINGS SuRGE
A National Association of Colleges and Employees (NACE) survey released this spring shows that accounting, business administration, computer science, engineering and mathematics majors were more likely to receive and accept job offers than were graduates from other fields. Overall, the survey found that 24.4 percent of graduates who had applied for a job had one waiting for them after graduation, an improvement over May 2009, when just 19.7 percent could make that claim. The survey polled more than 13,000 graduating seniors at more than 400 colleges and universities across the country. In April, The Wall Street Journal reported that surging earnings in the technology sector were driving waves of hiring. Big-name companies such as Google, Inc., Intel Corporation, General Electric Company, The Boeing Company, IBM Corporation and Cisco Systems, Inc. are in the midst of hiring thousands of employees. The Journal noted that Continued on page 64
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Contents
Time Where It Counts
Hooked by the Mission
The Fruits of Mission Focus
Membership News
The Programs Zone
International News
Tayá Williams-Alfred of Schlumberger
Byron Williams of ExxonMobil
2010–11 National Officers
Again!
Seek 2010
Clarkson U Awards Doctorate to NSBE’s Director
NSBE Pride on Parade
NSBE Annual Convention Preview
The AE Niche
2010–11 Alumni Officers
AE Chapter of the Year
NSBE Calendar
AE Members on the Move
CE Cover: Tech Hiring, on the Rise?
NSBE’s Space Telescope
Advertisers Index
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NSBE Magazine - Fall 2010 - Byron Williams of ExxonMobil
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NSBE Magazine - Fall 2010 - 2010–11 National Officers
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NSBE Magazine - Fall 2010 - NSBE Annual Convention Preview
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NSBE Magazine - Fall 2010 - The AE Niche
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NSBE Magazine - Fall 2010 - 2010–11 Alumni Officers
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NSBE Magazine - Fall 2010 - AE Chapter of the Year
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