How the Class of 2022 Can Fine-Tune Its Message for Recruiters
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Here's your Money Briefing for Monday, May 9th. I'm J.R. Whelan for The Wall Street Journal. The class of 2022 is about to enter a job market where workers, college grads in particular, are in high demand.
What do 2022 graduates want most from their first job?
And this year's graduates arrive with a unique set of expectations of what they're looking for from employers.
It's really about that human connection. It's about company culture and gaining some of the social experiences they had to forego in college when you were wearing a mask, when you're doing remote learning, all of those types of things. And they really want to have that collegial experience in the workplace.
But a recent survey by the LaSalle Network staffing company shows that while grads have a clear vision of what they want from their first job, recruiters and hiring managers may not be getting that message. Coming up, we'll talk with LaSalle founder and CEO Tom Gimbel about how new grads can fine-tune their wish list and adjust expectations to land that first job. After the break.
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After spending half their college career locked down due to COVID-19 restrictions, the class of 2022 has made it clear it wants a sense of community at their first employer. We may be in a job seeker's market, but the connection between grads and recruiters is still crucial. So are grads and recruiters on the same page? Tom Gimbel is founder and CEO of the LaSalle Group Staffing Company, which recently surveyed thousands of college students about what they're looking for post-graduation and how they match up with recruiters. Tom, thanks so much for being with us.
Great to be with you, JR.
So, Tom, let's start with something that makes the class of 2022 different from most. The group has spent most of their college experience in a pandemic, and during that time, many companies have gone fully or partly remote. How are these graduates thinking about this as they look for their first real job?
It's a really interesting question, JR, because it is a different world than what probably they thought they were going to get into when they went to college four years ago. And what our data shows us is that 89% of graduates this May want to be in an office now. Some of that's three days a week, four days a week. Not all of it's five days a week, but they want to be in an office. And it's really about that human connection. It's about company culture and gaining some of the social experiences they had to forego in college when you were wearing a mask, when you're doing remote learning, all of those types of things. And they really want to have that collegial experience in the workplace.
Okay, but I mean, connection and social experience, won't those be hard to come by, at least at first, given how many people are still working remotely?
No, it really won't, because so many companies now are doing a hybrid, at least two, if not three days a week in the office, and especially with new hires. Now, they may not be getting the connection with senior management and executives that they might have gotten before.
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