Corporations and site selection consultants consistently rate workforce considerations of high importance in the relocation and expansion decision. Factors such as availability, cost and training programs are always critical to companies evaluating a location.
Jennifer Merritt, career editor at the Wall Street Journal, explained that recruiters value the work readiness of state school students even above the elite private schools. The WSJ asked the nation’s largest employers which schools produced the most academically prepared students with the most relevant training and best ability to succeed and grow with their companies. Recruiters indicated they found state schools produced the best students and were most eager to forge corporate partnerships, according to Merritt.
The six-month WSJ survey reaffirmed the Inland Northwest’s reputation for having a high-quality, available workforce. The newspaper ranked Washington State University graduates among the Top 25 most sought after by corporate recruiters.
WSU was the only Washington school on the WSJ list. The data is based upon 43,000 hires made by public and private corporations, government agencies and nonprofits over the past years in high-demand areas like engineering, consulting and finance.
WSU has strong business, engineering, and science programs, making its students a good fit for those needs. WSU has four campuses, including its main location in Pullman, Wash. and a large branch in Spokane, with 12 colleges, 200 fields of study and more than 100 majors.
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