Tomorrow’s leaders are entering the workforce today, and you need them on your team to drive business results.

1. OH, THE
COMPANIES
YOU WILL
VENTURE TO!

2. A GRADUATION STORY
INSPIRED BY REAL DATA.

3. The class of 2013
in caps and in gowns

4. Is headed to your company,
your city, your town!
YOUR CITY
YOUR TOWN

5. Are these young men and
women ready for you?

6. For your offices, benefits,
and career paths to choose?
46%
HAD A
FULL-TIME JOB2
HAVE NEVER

7. And are you ready for them?
These recent grads?

8. Still full of books and hope
and maybe some booze?
2/3 ARE OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT THEIR JOB PROSPECTS2

9. Be prepared, young men and women!
Get ready, HR professionals young and old!

10. The journey ahead is winding
but can lead to your pot of gold.

11. These optimistic ladies and males,
tomorrow’s employees, have told us their tales

12. Of the jobs they have waiting, and the money they’ll earn!
They say they will stay! And they are willing to learn!
THINK THEY WILL EARN
$50-75K IN THEIR FIRST JOB2

13. So we must harness the hope
of these lasses and lads,
to build and grow and soar.

14. While gently explaining to recent grads,
available jobs may not live up to the lore.
Average starting salary for the class of 2013

15. 50K+ right out of the gate?

16. A job in mere weeks from
your graduation date?

17. A decade or so with
your first company?

18. With little or no prior
experience? Oh gee.
RESUME
*
ACTUAL AVERAGE TENURE IS 18 MONTHS4

19. We have spots to fill with your talent and spunk.
Just don’t let reality get you in a funk.

20. There are ladders to climb! Or a jungle gym!
Just make a clear path and go out on a limb.
18%BELIEVE THEY WILL FIND A JOBIN A MONTH2
...ACTUAL AVERAGE
IS 6 MONTHS5

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24. Sources:
Lovingly inspired by Dr. Seuss’s Oh, the places you’ll go!
1. National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2020, September 2011
2. Achievers and ConnectEDU Class of 2013 Survey, June 2013
www.achievers.com/resource/whitepaper/class-of-2013
3. National Association of Colleges and Employers, Salary Survey: Starting Salaries for New College Graduates, April
2013, www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/NACEWeb/Research/Salary_Survey/Reports/salary-survey-april-2013-
executive-summary.pdf
4. About.com Guide, “How long you should stay at your first job,”
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/resignation/qt/leave-a-job.htm
5. Adecco, College Graduate Survey, April 2011, www.adeccousa.com/articles/2011-College-Graduate-Survey-
Rsults.html?id=182&url=/pressroom/pressreleases/pages/forms/allitems.aspx&templateurl=/AboutUs/pressroom/
Pages/Press-release.aspx