Entry Level Jobs for College Graduates in California Increase

More entry level jobs for college graduates in California are now available.

A new report from CollegeRecruiter.com found that California leads the nation in the number of available entry level jobs and internships being advertised on the site. Employers in the state had 13,760 entry level jobs available during November, an increase of 252 jobs from October. There were 1,899 internships available during November, an increase of 136 from October.

"We were quite happy but not surprised to see the significantly higher number of job openings advertised on CollegeRecruiter.com," Steven Rothberg, president and founder of CollegeRecruiter.com, said. "Many of our employer clients have been telling us that they are or soon will be hiring again and not just one person here and there but dozens, hundreds, and even thousands of people."

Following California with the most entry level jobs listed during November was Texas with a 5 percent increase to 8,550 jobs; New York with a 7 percent decrease to 6,824 jobs; Florida with a 4 percent increase to 6,053 jobs; and Pennsylvania with a .2 percent increase to 5,149 jobs.

Regardless of the report, California's economy is still struggling. The state continued to lose jobs during September - the latest month for which labor market statistics are available - despite the fact that the unemployment rate dropped.

During September, California saw its unemployment rate decrease from 12.3 percent to 12.2 percent, following an increase from 11.9 percent during August. However, the state's current rate was still higher than the national unemployment rate at the time of 9.8 percent.

The state had a total non-farm employment of 14,200,400 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 14,239,700 workers during August and a 4.9 percent decrease from last year.