Following the 2020 job drought for students and graduates, employers are back in force in 2021 on the hunt for new talent – flooding university and college job boards with postings and vying for attention at virtual campus career events as the economy rebounds. In some sectors, the competition is intense.
The widespread adoption of work-from-home arrangements to curb the spread of COVID-19 has left organizations more vulnerable to privacy breaches and cybercrime. Post-secondary institutions can’t graduate students fast enough to meet the explosive demand, so talent scouts are positioning themselves to establish relationships with future grads interested in cybersecurity before someone else beats them to it, Mr.
One of the challenges recruiters face as the economy rebounds “is that students are getting scooped up faster than they can put out an offer,” Ms. Bruce said in an interview. “They’ll interview a student in the morning and by the afternoon the student … is no longer available.”