When a Job Offer Comes Without a Job

Date: 02-12-2015
Source: The Wall Street Journal

Recruiters are looking at innate abilities of college hires rather than just skills to do a job

Some companies are hiring first and figuring out jobs for these recruits much later.

Amid a fierce market for college recruits, companies like Facebook Inc. and Intuit Inc. are making offers to dozens of hires without having a particular job waiting—or even, sometimes, a starting salary.

Recruiters say so-called “program hiring” helps companies scoop up promising talent ahead of competitors and ensures their newest workers can stand a little uncertainty. College career officers say more students are getting offers this way.