Report: Weak economy won't hurt college job market

Many employers have not altered plans to hire spring college graduates, according to a survey by Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc., a Chicago-based global outplacement consulting firm.

Despite signs of a steadily weakening economy, the survey found that less than three percent of employers have cancelled campus recruiting visits or plans to attend job fairs, the firm said, while 46 percent of respondents said their companies planned to hire the same number of graduates as a year ago.

The survey was conducted among 100 human resources executives during the week of Feb. 18, Challenger, Gray said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)