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The Experience Professional Development Series Webinar:
Recruiting Trends
2008 – 2009
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January 28, 2009
Precarious Times for College Seniors:
Finding Joy in Small Places
Phil Gardner, Ph.D.
Collegiate Employment Research Institute
Michigan State University
Experience Professional Development Series Webinar
January 28, 2009
Precarious
Times for
College Seniors:
Finding Joy in
Small Places
Phil Gardner, Ph.D.
Experience
Web Cast
January 28, 2009
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Scherer Schneider Paulick
Delusions of Money: Panic
• “Money…has often been a cause of the delusions of multitudes.
Sober nations have all at once become desperate gamblers, and
risked almost their existence upon the turn of a piece of paper.
To trace the history of the most prominent of these delusions is the
object of the present pages.
Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go
mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one
by one.”
– Charles Mackay, London, 1841 Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the
Madness of Crowds
You do the math!
• In the calendar year 2008, the
U.S. economy is expected to shed
over 1,000,000 jobs (BLS).
• Actually lost more than 2.5 million;
1.9 million in last four months.
• Between December 2008 and
June 2009 approximately 1.5
million young adults will graduate
with a bachelor’s degree.
• Nearly 1.1 million will seek
employment.
How Bad Is It?
• Intentions
– 49% have definite plans to hire
– 7% will not hire
• Direction of Hiring
– 49% will decrease hiring
compared to last year
– 29% will increase hiring
• A 20% swing from last year
Hiring in
2008-09
• Hanging by a finger tip
– Total hiring (all degree levels)
– Bachelor hiring
– MBA hiring
• It could be worse!
-8%
-8%
-10%
Safe Harbors in a Storm
• Company Size
– Think FAST
• Sector of the Economy
– Insurance; certain consulting & professional
services; agriculture
• Location
– Join Michigan in misery; few bright spots – D.C.
area, Boston (?)
• Academic Majors and Positions
– Lack of Breadth: Technical and business
– Sales and marketing: so long, farewell
Will they ever go away…when?
• How serious is the
retirement problem?
• Size and severity
depends on:
– Large employers who are
anxious or calm
• Serious retirement problem
• No retirement problem
• Moderate retirement problem
I’m Desperate:
The retirement drain is clogged
• 93% interview on campus
• 90% attend career fairs
• 86% have co-op and internship
programs
• Strong global presence; plus
NE, GL, and UP.
• Complete hiring by end of
November
• Trolling for experience
• Manufacturing, insurance,
professional services, and
government
• Hiring down 8%
What Problem?
They keep on keeping on
• 85% interview on campus
• 63% have internship and co-op
programs
• Have significant global reach
and in SE and SW.
• Will recruit throughout the year
• Balanced strategy
• Led by manufacturing, retail,
and professional services
• Hiring down 9%
Moderate Problem:
Hiring has imploded!
• 85% interview on campus
• 76% have internship programs
• Heavily focused in U.S.; no regions
• Appear to be drifting
• Led by manufacturing, finance and
professional services
• Hiring down by 17%
The New “Big Three”
• The Desperados
– Severe human resource needs because of retirements and
don’t want to repeat their folly of not hiring during a
downturn.
• The Talent Warriors
– Seeking the best talent they can find to stay globally
competitive.
• The Mavericks
– Fast-growth small companies seeking top talent to grow.
Those in free fall
Recruiting & Employment Issues
• Are you even needed?
– 40% of employers want to work directly with faculty
– Short term versus long term: standard ways of operating
outmoded – don’t get caught in the moment
• Time to closure
– 4 to 6 weeks for entire process
– 1 week to make a decision
• Experienced workers: In play
• Workforce succession planning and recruiting
– Many companies are simply adrift in their human resource
development
Short Term Outlook
• Strong Fall will fade into a
weak Spring
• Keeping afloat: any way
possible
• A sense of hope
– A boost from the new man in town (?)
• Unintended consequences
– Can politicians (who know nothing
about the global economy) avoid
doing something stupid – speed
avoiding a collision
• Share the pain
– Credit mess is just beginning to
unwind
Longer Term Outlook
• Democratic capitalism (autos)
vs. Super-capitalism (Wal Mart):
shift will continue – government
included
• International finance: even
murkier than U.S. (see Smick)
• Can Americans save?
• Can China avoid a bigger bubble
collapse?
• The Hammer: Health care
• The relationship of financials
and labor
– The one bright spot
For students it’s simple:
Know your skills.
Be prepared.
What Jobs Will Leave?
Skill Usage: The Funnel
Communicate Orally
Think Analytically
Acquire Learning
Evaluate Alternatives
Creative Solutions
Teamwork
Leadership
Apply Learning
Writing Effectively
Teamwork
Grasp Realities Workplace
Acquire Learning
Utilize technology
Grasp Realities
Competencies: They are moving!
• Build working relationships
• Analyze, evaluate and interpret data
• Engage in continuous learning
• Communicate through justification and persuasion
• Plan and manage a project
• Create new knowledge
• Seek global understanding
Message to Students
Recruiting Trends 2008-2009
• Order through CERI’s web site which links
to MSU publications
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Thanks for Participating!
Dr. Phil Gardner
Michigan State University
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