{"id":117502,"date":"2016-09-29T12:43:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T16:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=117502"},"modified":"2023-06-27T13:09:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:09:39","slug":"uconn-graduates-landing-jobs-quickly-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/09\/uconn-graduates-landing-jobs-quickly-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Graduates Landing Jobs Quickly After Graduation"},"content":{"rendered":"

New figures show that four of every five UConn graduates are established in jobs within a few months of graduating or are continuing their education, a testament to the University\u2019s work to prepare students for careers and other post-graduate opportunities.<\/p>\n

UConn\u2019s Center for Career Development<\/a> recently found through post-graduate surveys and other reviews that 80 percent of undergraduates were employed or in higher education within four months of graduating. Smaller numbers were also participating in social service activities or serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.<\/p>\n

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Representatives from the Internal Revenue Service speak with an undergraduate at a Careers for the Common Good Fair. The Center for Career Development has greatly expanded its programs in the past several years to focus on students\u2019 needs at all stages of their college career. (UConn File Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The data, presented Thursday to the UConn Board of Trustees, underscores the University\u2019s focus on preparing students to be job-ready with career counseling and other services throughout their time on campus.<\/p>\n

Almost 80 percent of the recent alumni landing jobs in Connecticut were residents of the state before coming to UConn, and 30 percent of the graduates who came to UConn from other states also ended up staying in Connecticut for jobs.<\/p>\n

President Susan Herbst cited the phrase, \u201cStudents Today, Huskies Forever\u201d at Thursday\u2019s meeting to describe UConn\u2019s sentiment toward its students, saying faculty and staff work hard to ensure students\u2019 success as undergraduates.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust as important to the students, and to us, is that they also find success after earning their UConn degree,\u201d she said. \u201cWe want to ensure we are producing the kind of highly skilled, highly educated graduates not only to serve as Connecticut\u2019s future workforce, but to be thoughtful citizens and community members \u2013 most of whom will continue to call Connecticut home.\u201d<\/p>\n