The nation's employers added 216,000 jobs in March, the fastest growth since last spring, when the federal government temporarily increased hiring for the decennial census.
Colleges are relying more on part-time faculty to meet instructional demands and rein in costs, but increased hiring for other types of positions has undercut those savings, a new report by AIR's Delta Cost Project finds.
As the economy has improved, Wells Fargo Bank has increased hiring for financial analysts and entry-level positions in marketing and auditing, while Deloitte, the consulting and accounting firm, has hired 5,300 college graduates, up from 4,800 last year (but down from 5,400 in 2008).
Colleges and universities increasingly rely on part-time faculty to meet instructional demands and rein in costs, but rising benefit costs and increased hiring for other types of positions have undercut those savings, a new report by the Delta Cost Project at American Institutes for Research AIRR) finds.
The findings helped to pinpoint which industries have increased hiring for roles with flexible work options in the past year.
At the same time, Google says it's planning to aggressively increase hiring for its China branches, nearly doubling its Chinese salesforce in the next six months.
Pinterest also reached its goal of increasing hiring rates for underrepresented minorities in non-engineering roles to from 7%to12%2%.
As part of the initiative, Pinterest has set goals like increasing hiring rates for full-time engineering roles to 30% female, and interviewing at least one person from an underrepresented background and one woman every open leadership position.
That being said, it's important to note that there was one goal they didn't meet: increasing hiring rates for unrepresented engineers to 8%; it was last reported that they increased hiring of the engineering department to include 5% of people from unrepresented backgrounds.
Bragg fought for the increased hiring of minority faculty members; oversaw key diversity programs, including the Chancellor Minority Fellowship; was the first sponsor of the Black Engineering and Science Students Association (BESSA) and served on the advisory board of the Black Studies program.
