{"id":57883,"date":"2017-05-24T14:17:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T19:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=57883"},"modified":"2017-05-24T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T19:17:03","slug":"job-outlook-at-a-10-year-high-for-college-seniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/job-outlook-at-a-10-year-high-for-college-seniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Job outlook at a 10-year high for college seniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Grace Austin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">A stronger economy means a better job outlook for graduating college seniors and grad students in Chicago, experts say.<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2017 CareerBuilder <a href=\"http:\/\/press.careerbuilder.com\/2017-04-27-74-Percent-of-Employers-Say-They-Plan-to-Hire-Recent-College-Graduates-This-Year-According-to-Annual-CareerBuilder-Survey\">survey<\/a>, employers hiring recent college graduates this year say those with business, engineering, and computer and information sciences degrees are seeing the highest demand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Robust job market for graduating college seniors\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/218233587?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The median salary for 2017 college grads is higher as well. Chicago has the fourth highest entry-level median salary in the country, behind New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to executive search firm Korn\/Ferry International.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Students at DePaul University&#8217;s Loop location enjoy the warm, spring weather. (Grace Austin\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Grace Austin A stronger economy means a better job outlook for graduating college seniors and grad students in Chicago, experts say. 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