The pandemic disrupted their freshman year. It may also have prepared the Class of 2023 for the job market.

Adonis Brooks is about to graduate from Muhlenberg College, and he has a job lined up. A dual-major in psychology and business, the Brooklyn, New York, native will be going home to New York City to work for a consulting firm.

Then there’s the job market that’s in flux, with companies looking to fill positions open as a result of retiring baby boomers and others who took part in the so-called great resignation, where workers left positions for better opportunities in the wake of the pandemic.According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers plan to hire 14.7% more new college graduates from the Class of 2023 than they did from the Class of 2022, according to its Job Outlook 2023 report.

Moravian University students Gabrielle Demchak, of Bath and Mikela Ortwein, of Bethlehem pose on Moravian UniversityÕs campus Friday, March 31, 2023, in Bethlehem. Moravian University students Gabrielle Demchak, of Bath and Mikela Ortwein, of Bethlehem, and Director of Career Development Kathleen Barr, center, pose on Moravian UniversityÕs campus Friday, March 31, 2023, in Bethlehem.

Moravian University students Gabrielle Demchak, of Bath and Mikela Ortwein, of Bethlehem pose on Moravian UniversityÕs campus Friday, March 31, 2023, in Bethlehem. Overall, the National Association of Colleges and Employers shows that half of responding employers plan to increase hiring, while less than 6% expect to cut back.

“One change that has definitely taken place as a result of COVID is the blended approach to recruiting,” they said. “With employer partners accessing student talent in both virtual and in-person environments, students and employer partners alike have had to develop comfort and familiarity with virtual platforms and connections created to accommodate remote and hybrid working environments.

“I think it has allowed me to be more adaptive like in the workplace in general,” Demchak said, “like being able to be more flexible and learning a new technology that now is the norm. That was an advantage that I didn’t realize at the time.” “With everything online, I decided to launch my own social media business that helps connect a lot of different cosmetic brands throughout the world with different Gen Z consumers,” she said. “And at that time, through COVID, and through the remote-like landscape, I really pivoted … into digital marketing, since I had the opportunity over the past two years to work with like different cosmetic brands and like Asia, Europe, in the United States.

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