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Vol. 66, No. 3
Circulation 2,200
The Conqiass
Elizabeth City State University’s award-winning student newspaper
Elizabeth City, NC
April 18, 2002
CLASS OF 2002 DISCUSS PREPARING FOR “THE REAL WORLD”
ECSU Students took a trip to Regent University, VA to decide if Regent will be in their future.
(Inger Parker, Sr., Jason Mitchell, Sr., Jonas Pope, Sr, Yvonne-Ribeiro-Yemofio, Jr., Jamal
Williams, Jr., Mario Jackson, Jr.)
-Photo courtesy of Melba Brown
MAYNARD, Mass.—(BUSINESS
WIRE via COLLEGIATE
PRESSWIRE) -With the tightening
job market for graduating seniors,
college students are facing a more
difficult labor market than in years
past. According to the most recent
MonsterTRAK poll, 79 percent of the
respondents said finding a job after
graduation is their primary concern
right now. These results confirm a
growing sentiment of concern among
students about their prospects for
employment. MonsterTRAK is a
product of Monster(R), the leading
global online careers site and flag
ship brand of TMP Worldwide Inc.
(NASDAQ: TMPW).
In an online poll conducted last
week (March 18th-25th),
MonsterTRAK asked,
“Which is your primary concern
right now?”
A total of 1701 votes were cast,
revealing:
— 79% (1339 votes) said:
“Finding a job after graduation.”
— 19% (319 votes) said: “Com
pleting coursework and graduating on
time.”
— 2% (43 votes) said: “Finding
a place to live after graduation.”
“With the tightening job market,
college students are becoming
increasingly worried about finding
post-graduation employment, accord
ing to this recent poll,” said Ken
Ramberg, senior vice president of
MonsterTRAK. “However, the market
has been a boom to small and mid
sized employers who, for the first time
in many years, are able to attract
some of the best and brightest
college talent.”
With the tougher job market and
the increasing concern, many stu
dents are immersed in their job
search process to get a step up on
their peers. An important component
of that search for college students
across the country is MonsterTRAK,
ECSU students help beautify the campus during the second “Clean-up Day” on Saturday,
April 6.
-photo by Rich Harvey
the definitive career resource for college
students and alumni, which today an
nounced that it has surpassed over one
million college students that have regis
tered on the website as part of their
career management strategy. The college-
focused offering also earned top honors
as the most visited student-related
website, according to market research
firm Student Monitor(R).
According to the Student Monitor
study, 18 percent of the nation’s college
students visited MonsterTRAK during the
Fall 2001 semester, more than any other
college student-related website. Based on
the national survey of 1,200 four-year, full
time undergraduate students, Student
Monitor also reported that MonsterTRAK
was the only career site ranked among
the top 15 most visited college-student
related websites.
“Given the current economy, it is no
surprise why MonsterTRAK is a popular
destination among college students,” said
Eric Weil, Student Monitor’s managing
partner. “As a result of the tight job mar
ket, students are concerned more than
ever about finding internships or full-time
jobs after graduation. They know they
must be proactive to find the best career
opportunities.”
Extending its offerings to the college
market, MonsterTRAK also announced
recruiting partnerships with the Alpha Tau
Omega (ATO), BetaTheta Pi, and Alpha
Kappa Psi fraternities. The co-branded
sites enable alumni to exclusively post
career opportunities and search resumes
within these organizations. Fraternity
members can also post resumes to the
fraternity-specific and MonsterTRAK
national resume databases and search
targeted job opportunities.
Since its inception in 1988, more
than 500,000 employers have utilized
MonsterTRAK to post full-time, part-time
and internship opportunities.
MonsterTRAK partners with over 1,350
college and university career centers,
MBA programs, alumni associations and
student groups, providing more entry-level
jobs than any other career management
entity — on- or offline.
The results of the current
MonsterTRAK poll are based on votes
cast by MonsterTRAK users from March
18 to March 25, 2002. Only one vote per
user is counted toward the final tabula
tion. Anyone interested in voting in
MonsterTRAK’s current online poll may
do so by logging onto MonsterTRAK at
www.monstertrak.com. Users may
review the results of past polls by going
to http://
content.monstertrak.monster.com/polls.
About Monster
Monster, headquartered in
Maynard, Mass., is the leading global
careers website, recording over 38.8
million unique visits during the month of
February 2002 according to indepen
dent research conducted by I/PRO.
Monster connects the most progressive
companies with the most qualified
career-minded individuals, offering
innovative technology and superior
services that give them more control
over the recruiting process. The Monster
global network consists of local content
and language sites in the United States,
United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, the
Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand,
Singapore, Hong Kong, France, Scot
land, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Luxem
bourg, India, Italy, Sweden, Norway,
Denmark, Switzerland, and Finland.
Monster is the official online career
management services sponsor of the
2002 Olympic Winter Games and 2002
and 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams. More
information about Monster is available at
www.monster.com or by calling 1-800-
MONSTER.
About TMP Worldwide
Founded in 1967, TMP Worldwide
Inc., with more than 11,000 employees
in 32 countries, is the online recruitment
leader, the world's largest Recruitment
Advertising agency network, and one of
the world’s largest Executive Search
and Executive Selection agencies. TMP
Worldwide, headquartered in New York,
is also the world’s largest Yellow Pages
advertising agency and a provider of
direct marketing services. The
company’s clients include more than 90
of the Fortune 100 and more than 480
of the Fortune 500 companies. In June
2001, TMP Worldwide was added to the
S & P 500 Index. More information about
TMP Worldwide is available at
www.tmp.com.
Special Note: Safe Harbor State
ment Under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for
historical information contained herein,
the statements made in this release
constitute forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Such fonward-looking statements involve
certain risks and uncertainties, including
statements regarding the company's
strategic direction, prospects and future
results. Certain factors, including factors
outside of our control, may cause actual
results to differ materially from those
contained in the forward- looking state
ments, including economic and other
conditions in the markets in which we
operate, risks associated with acquisi
tions, competition, seasonality and the
other risks discussed in our Form 10-K
and our other filings made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission,
which discussions are incorporated in
this release by reference.
Monster’s Student-Focused Offer
ing Ranks First Among College Stu
dents;
MonsterTRAK Surpasses One
Million Users
Source: Monster
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the Spring
Class of 2002
at Commencement
on Saturday,
May 11, 2002
at
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