Spring Break
Job market improves
Carrie Coppernoll
Issue date: 4/7/04 Section: News
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FULLERTON, Calif. - The hunt begins as thousands of graduates trade in their syllabi for salaries. CollegeGrad.com, a recruiting Web site for recent graduates announced the top 500 entry-level employers for 2004. Topping the list is Enterprise Rent-A-Car, who expects to hire 6,500 new graduates into their sales and management training program this year.
"If we don't have the right people, we can't grow," said David Dutchen, a region recruiting supervisor for the corporation. "We are hiring people with an entrepreneurial mindset who want to grow with the company."
Of the 6,500 positions, 750 are located in California, from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border, Pam Webster, the recruiting supervisor for Southern California said.
"I love business degrees, but it's not a requirement," Dutchen said. "A degree demonstrates a level of commitment, but we also consider work history, experience, school involvement and time management."
Operating since 1957, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been able to expand in an economy some economists would consider stagnant.
"In over 50 years we have never had a layoff and we don't plan on having one," said Dutchen, who recruits for Northern Orange County and the Inland Empire.
Webster accredits the company's success to its commitment to customer service and its employees.
"Even though we are a large corporation, locally, we operate as a small business," she said. "We are only as good as our employees so our management team is held accountable for employee development." Although CollegeGrad.com predicts a 12.9 percent increase in hiring from 2003, the competition has also increased.
Diane Hill, the Web site's marketing researcher, said, "There is some lag between those who will be hired from those expecting to he hired. There are a fair number of people still looking for jobs when hiring was down two or three years ago. The competition may actually be stiffer than some other years because we're still trying to catch up." Total employment is expected to increase by 21.3 million jobs by 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site.
"If we don't have the right people, we can't grow," said David Dutchen, a region recruiting supervisor for the corporation. "We are hiring people with an entrepreneurial mindset who want to grow with the company."
Of the 6,500 positions, 750 are located in California, from San Luis Obispo to the Mexican border, Pam Webster, the recruiting supervisor for Southern California said.
"I love business degrees, but it's not a requirement," Dutchen said. "A degree demonstrates a level of commitment, but we also consider work history, experience, school involvement and time management."
Operating since 1957, Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been able to expand in an economy some economists would consider stagnant.
"In over 50 years we have never had a layoff and we don't plan on having one," said Dutchen, who recruits for Northern Orange County and the Inland Empire.
Webster accredits the company's success to its commitment to customer service and its employees.
"Even though we are a large corporation, locally, we operate as a small business," she said. "We are only as good as our employees so our management team is held accountable for employee development." Although CollegeGrad.com predicts a 12.9 percent increase in hiring from 2003, the competition has also increased.
Diane Hill, the Web site's marketing researcher, said, "There is some lag between those who will be hired from those expecting to he hired. There are a fair number of people still looking for jobs when hiring was down two or three years ago. The competition may actually be stiffer than some other years because we're still trying to catch up." Total employment is expected to increase by 21.3 million jobs by 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Web site.
