Getting a job after graduating college could be more competitive
this year for college grads,
according to the National Association for Colleges and Employers.
Overall hiring outlook is expected to drop by 1.9%
compared to last year. KSN 16 Abigail Killinger gives us
a breakdown on what this could mean for recent local
grads.
I just looked in our system and we currently within
50 miles of Joplin have almost 7000 jobs available,
Pam Regan, Missouri Job Center one stop operator says locally.
There is a pretty strong job market for recent college
graduates.
That's everything from entry level positions to physicians and lawyers
and everything in between,
which can be good news for the more than 800
MSSU students who just recently graduated.
I would say the top three jobs or industries that
our students enter into most commonly are healthcare,
teacher education, and actually the criminal justice field.
And if you are unsure of what your next step
is,
the Missouri Southern State University Career Services Department can help
us assist in the job search after you've graduated,
or sometimes even before. Typically see within an unemployment rate
are students who are who are challenged in finding job
opportunities is somewhere between 5 to 7%
of our graduates. Those are students who are currently looking
for job opportunities post graduation.
But what we see over a 12 month timeline is
typically that is around 90%
employment or they're actually pursuing and continuing a Graduate School
program.
The department provides students with resume writing skills,
information on how to apply for grad school,
how to apply and look for jobs in interview practice
all for free.
Plus the Missouri job center can also assist in the
search.
So the first thing I would recommend for them is
to get that job stop mode Gov account set up
and get their resume.
In our system we do what we call seeker matching
on a daily basis.
So if their career has a job opening in there,
our system is going to match them up based on
that resume and they can also set up what we
call a virtual recruiter so the system itself will look
for those new.
Career opportunities. And they'll send them a message and let
them know that something has come open.
Reporting in Joplin, I'm Abigail Killinger.