Each year, GMAC conducts a year-end follow-up poll of employers who participate in the Corporate Recruiters Survey. This poll provides insight into how economic changes and global events affected companies’ hiring and gathers early data on their hiring plans in the year to come. The purpose is to provide participating employers with benchmarking statistics and provide business schools and students with an advance look at job market prospects.

In 2009, 317 employers representing 287 companies responded to the year-end survey. Of these, 67% responded from companies in the United States and 33% responded from companies located in 35 countries worldwide.

Corporate Recruiters Survey 2009 Year-End Poll Report

Key Findings

• Many companies are gaining stronger positions compared with the year before—the majority of participants (70%) expected that their business would improve in 2010.
• The level of uncertainty in hiring plans remains high—16% to 26% of participating employers did not determine 2010 hiring plans for various candidate types.
• The top three types of job candidates reported by firms that continued hiring in 2009 were experienced hires (80%), recent graduates with a bachelor’s degree (73%), and recent MBA graduates (65%).
• In 2010, all candidates, and especially recent graduates, should expect that salaries will most likely remain at the 2009 levels, as reported by about half (45% to 58%) of participating employers. 

For More Information

If you have questions about the Year-End Employer Poll or the Corporate Recruiters Survey, please contact Marina Murray at +1-703-245-0648 or research@gmac.com.

Note: This report is an abbreviated version of the full Corporate Recruiters Survey 2009 Year-End Follow-Up Poll of Employers report, which is available only to survey participants.