tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8853623180345233722011-05-05T18:40:43.482-07:00Marcus Calpakishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203170088157898823noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-885362318034523372.post-75452516348311347212011-04-28T15:23:00.000-07:002011-04-28T16:24:49.784-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sigD_8tJds/TbnzCcVnmGI/AAAAAAAAABg/RbGz47oaoXM/s1600/mygreenlime.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 101px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0sigD_8tJds/TbnzCcVnmGI/AAAAAAAAABg/RbGz47oaoXM/s320/mygreenlime.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600774834904078434" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bloomberg today released an article that was titled " </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 33px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Best Job Market for U.S. Grads Since 2008 Leading to Multiple Offers." </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Indeed a very grandiose promise for this upcoming graduating college class. And although the article presents <i>NO</i> macro-'job environment' statistics that myGreenLime can analyze and break down to chewable parts--all the statistics presented are either too narrow or school specific to be of any significance--there are personal testimonies. Some of the better testimonies (quoted directly from the article):</span></span></span></span></div></span></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 33px; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 33px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">“It’s quite a stunning comeback,” said Lance Choy, director of the career development center at </span></span></i><a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/stanford-university/" density="full" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Stanford University</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> near </span></span></i><a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/palo-alto/" density="full" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Palo Alto</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">, California. “Over the past couple of years there’s been a lot of anxiety. It’s been a bleak time for students. We’ve come back from quite a dip.”</span></span></i></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 33px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 33px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">“I definitely saw a shift in the job market,” said Afzal, a 24-year-old senior at </span></span></i><a href="http://www.sjsu.edu/" title="Open Web Site" rel="external" density="full" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">San Jose State University</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">, who will start May 30 at chipmaker </span></span></i><a topic_url="http://topics.bloomberg.com/linear-technology-corp/" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=LLTC:US" density="sparse" title="Get Quote" ticker="LLTC:US" class="web_ticker" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">Linear Technology Corp. (LLTC)</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"> in nearby Milpitas,</span></span></i><a href="http://topics.bloomberg.com/california/" density="full" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">California</span></span></i></a><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;">. “There was a lot of pressure off my shoulders.”</span></span></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 33px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It's reported that the most secure and successful carrers for young graduates this year is in the field of engineering, technology, energy, and of course business. Companies that are likely to hire younger associates include Facebook Inc. which, recruiter Adam Ward explains, is </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; ">“aggressively hiring the best talent we can in the quickest manner possible,”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; "> , and Zynga Inc.- one of the largest makers of online games- which will hire an estimated 130 college grads this year. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; "><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; "><b>Conclusion from the Article</b>: Silicon Valley and fast growing tech and investment fund companies are leading the national trend to hire the fresh young minds of graduates.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">It is still necessary to see the actual percentages of hires in relation to age toward the end of the summer before any true economic judgement is established</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. "We'll get back to you on that"...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 24px; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For reference, </span><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-28/best-job-market-for-u-s-graduates-since-2008-leading-to-multiple-offers.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Click here for the original Bloomberg Article </span></a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/885362318034523372-7545251634831134721?l=capitalist.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Marcus Calpakishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02203170088157898823noreply@blogger.com0