????經過兩年暫停之后，許多大公司重新開始進行校園招聘。美國銀行（Bank of America）計劃在2011年招聘1，300名應屆畢業生，微軟公司（Microsoft）將前往多所商學院進行招聘。這是微軟公司自2009年以來首次擴大招聘規模。

????招聘大學里的青年才俊可能無法完全恢復到全盛時期——盡管和過去兩年相比,美國銀行（Bank of America）的招聘名額增加了10%-15%，但這一數字仍然接近2008年的水平。隨著學年的結束，許多大學的就業中心發現，工作機會又回來了。

????國家學院和雇主聯合委員會（the National Association of Colleges and Employers）研究部門主管卡克說：“我們詢問了會員單位明年的招聘預期，很多會員表示,他們保持與往年相同、或稍高于往年的招聘預期。但最終結果還是要取決于整體經濟形勢的發展情況。”

????卡克表示，企業界預計2008年的情形不會重演，當時“市場崩潰，一切隨之改變時”，很多公司都縮減了招聘規模。

????他說：“直到2009年1月，我們常打交道的人才意識到，這一年他們不需要再招聘員工了。”

????但如今，招聘人數開始緩慢回升，美國的職業咨詢師和學生們都把這看作是經濟逐步回暖的跡象。

????杜克大學福庫商學院（Duke’s Fuqua School of Business）的副院長溫迪?庫蘭說：“我們經歷了金融危機，但是，如今畢業生的就業前景并不像危機時那樣糟糕。現在，經濟形勢正在逐漸好轉，雖然緩慢，但確定無疑。”

????最近，國家學院和雇主聯合委員會根據世界數百家公司自行發布的數據制訂的報告顯示，企業計劃面向應屆畢業生的工作機會比2010年增加了19.3%。這與2009年的情況形成了鮮明對比，當時全美的招聘人數與2008年相比下降幅度超過20%。

????2010年，美國東北部地區的招聘人數增加趨勢更為明顯，增幅達25.6%。全美均出現招聘人數增加的趨勢，其中，中西部地區、西部地區、東南部地區的增長幅度分別達到了20.2%、19.3%和7.9%。國家學院和雇主聯合委員會預測，2012年，這一趨勢仍將持續。

????杜克大學應屆畢業生布蘭登?羅德里格斯在度過了將近一年的求職生涯后，終于在英特爾公司（Intel）謀得了一份工作。他說：“三年前，我們經歷了金融危機。但我認為，越來越多的人開始對經濟形勢持樂觀態度。可能這種樂觀情緒不會瞬間顯現，但在未來半年內，情況將變得明朗。”

????卡克表示，2011年，技術和工程方面的崗位重回就業市場，而在某些領域，招聘人數與2008年相比顯著增加。

????密歇根大學（the University of Michigan）就業指導中心的高級助理主任林恩?塞彼利?懷特表示：“對于計算機科學專業畢業生的需求,有些公司的計劃招聘人數超過了我們的學生總數。”此外，招聘人數出現增長的還涉及社交媒體公司、創業型公司及“環保”公司。

????經濟大蕭條迫使許多大學縮短招聘會的時長。密歇根大學不得不把招聘會的時間壓縮為半天到一天。但目前,有招聘需求的公司越來越多,需要招聘的職位也在增加，招聘會時長已經延長到了兩天。

????塞彼利?懷特表示：“我現在還不能說，我們已經回到了經濟繁榮時期。但是，現在的形勢確實已經有所好轉了。”

????After a two-year hiatus, major corporations are starting to hit college career-fair tables once again. Bank of America plans to offer 1,300 new graduates jobs in 2011, and Microsoft (MSFT) will visit more business schools, marking the first time the company has expanded its footprint since 2009.

????Hiring of the young and talented may not be back all the way -- Bank of America's (BAC) new headcount goal is 10% to 15% higher than the last two years but is still close to 2008 levels. But with the school year wrapped, college career centers are finding that job opportunities are once again a reality.

????"We ask our members kind of what they're anticipating for the next year, and those who have an idea are basically expecting more of the same, or maybe even a little bit more in terms of hiring," Ed Koc, research director at the National Association of Colleges and Employers. "But everything is dependent on the economy in general."

????Koc says businesses weren't expecting the decrease in hiring that came in 2008 "when the market crashed and everything changed."

????"It wasn't until January 2009 the people we deal with realized they weren't going to be hiring that year," he says.

????But now that the numbers are ticking back up, career counselors and students across the country, welcome the rise as a promising sign of the economy's gradual return.

????"We've had a major financial event, but the outlook for our graduates is not nearly as dire as it was," says Wendy Kuran, an associate dean at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. "It's coming back, slowly but surely."

????Planned job offers for recent graduates are up 19.3% from 2010, according to a recent report from the National Association for Colleges and Employers. The study comes from self-reported data by hundreds of companies worldwide. Those gains are in sharp contrast to 2009, when hiring dropped more than 20% across the country from 2008.

????2010's hiring increase was especially prominent in the northeast, where new hires rose 25.6%. Hiring climbed in all regions, with a 20.2% spike in the Midwest, a 19.3% increase in the West, and a 7.9% bump in the Southeast. NACE anticipates continued improvement in 2012.

????"Three years ago, there was a shock," says Brandon Rodriguez, a recent Duke graduate, who just landed a job at Intel (INTC) after almost a year of searching. "But I think the optimism rate is now going up. And if there's not optimism immediately, there will be in the next six months or so."

????What came back in 2011 -- and in some cases grew dramatically from even 2008 -- were jobs in technology and engineering, Koc says.

????"We certainly have more employers trying to hire computer science students than we have computer science students," says Lynne Sebille-White, senior assistant director at the University of Michigan's career center. Other growth areas include social media companies, startups, and companies hiring for "green" efforts.

????The Great Recession forced many colleges to cut back on their job-fairs. Michigan had to cut its event in half to one day. But with an uptick in recruiters and jobs, it's now back up to two.

????"I wouldn't say we're back in boomtown quite yet," Sebille-White says. "But we're definitely better than we were."