Early reports on recruiting for graduates of the Class of 2016 look positive, according to results of NACE’s Job Outlook 2015 Spring Update.

More than one-third of employers indicated they have plans to hire more new graduates in the fall of 2015 than they did in fall 2014, while a similar percentage of employers plan to hire the same amount of new graduates. (See Figure 1.)

The survey was conducted February 9 – March 23, 2015; 162 NACE employer members took part, for a 15.7 percent response rate.

The first official hiring projections for the Class of 2016 will be collected from employers later this summer and reported in fall 2015.