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Battle for Tech-Savvy New Grads Heats Up

Geeks are a hot commodity on the job market

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 29, 2007 9:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – Demand for students and recent grads with top-notch tech skills is higher than it's been in over a decade, thanks in part to banks and securities firms waging the recruiting wars alongside Silicon Valley giants such as Google. Bloomberg goes inside the process of wooing... Read full story »

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