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Word Wiz: Program Hiring

Friday, April 1, 2016

Are you about to graduate college? Congratulations! Need a job? Great! Would you be willing to accept an offer from a company that hires you on the spot without a clear-cut position to offer?

Wait. What?

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The practice of hiring recent college grads and providing just a general sense of their duties—and salary—is known as "program hiring," which has been around for decades but is becoming more popular as the fight for talented young employees gets fiercer. Companies such as I

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