Entry-Level Workers Have Unrealistic Expectations

Only 10 percent of applicants to entry-level marketing and advertising jobs fully understood what they were getting into, hiring managers say.

The shocking statistic comes from a survey by The Creative Group that said the majority of applicants had unrealistic expectations as far as salary and responsibilities.

Tempering this news is a new study from the National Association of Colleges and Employers that finds that the percentage of interns who become full-time hires at that company is at an all-time high since NACE began tracking in 2001.

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