Where young workers meet employers
Category: Keeping Up With Gen Y
May 12, 2010 | BY Tamara Bell
Jay Whitchurch, CEO of campus2careers
In today’s episode, Keeping Up with Gen Y talks to Jay Whitchurch, CEO, and Nathan Green, President, of campus2careers, the first online career community in the world that matches college students and recent grads with small and medium-sized businesses for jobs and internships.
While small and medium-sized businesses added 80 percent of the jobs to the economy in 2009, and represent 99.8 percent of U.S. companies, less than 1 percent recruit on university and college campuses. This means that college students are disproportionately dependent on larger employers to find their first job. And in this economy, when large employers are downsizing and freezing jobs, it’s no wonder that nearly 70 percent of the students who graduated in 2009 are still unemployed or underemployed in 2010.
Nathan Green, President of campus2careers
But how can smaller businesses and graduates find each other? Whitchurch and Green discuss how small and medium-sized businesses can attract young employees in an effective and affordable way, and how recent college graduates can prepare for the job market.
You can listen to the show below. And check out our Page on WomensRadio Network for more information about the show and our guests.
Tags: Business, campus2careers, College Recruiting, Employers, featured, Gen Y, Graduates, Jay Whitchurch, Job Board, Keeping Up with Gen Y, Medium-Sized Businesses, Nathan Green, Small Businesses, Tamara Bell
About the Author
Tamara Bell: Tamara Bell is the editor of Y Gen Out Loud. She began her journalism career as a reporter in Dallas, Texas. A few years later, she moved into politics and government, working for both Democratic and Republican members of the Texas Legislature. When not working on Y Gen, Tamara is a lecturer in the Advertising Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Tamara has a B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin.
