Looking for an Entry-Level Job Near New City? Sales Positions Lead Nation in Availability

NEW CITY, NY — Recent college graduates—and people who will be seniors in the coming school year—would be wise to start scoping out the kinds of jobs that are good entry-level positions.

SmartRecruiters culled data from 700 companies that are hiring, 1 million job listings and over 100,000 hires to find out where to start looking for that first job.

The data revealed which kind of entry-level positions are available in the greatest numbers, as well as industries in which college grads can expect to be quickly hired, according to a spokeswoman.

Sales positions led the list of most available entry-level positions nationwide, followed by customer service and administrative jobs.

And for those looking to be hired quickly, sales positions are filled fastest, according to SmartRecruiters, with an average time to hire of 43 days.

The industry doing the most hiring is technology, the survey said, followed by health care and communications.

Here are the top jobs for college graduates via SmartRecruiters:

1. Sales—14 percent
2. Customer Service—12 percent
3. Administrative—6 percent
4. Biz Development—6 percent
5. Marketing—5 percent
6. Management—3 percent
7. Art/Creative—1.4 percent
8. General Business—1.4 percent
9. Design—0.66 percent
10. Advertising—0.60 percent

The top industries hiring entry-level positions:

1. Technology—21 percent
2. Health care—11 percent
3. Communications—9 percent
4. Retail—7 percent
5. Food & Beverage—7 percent
6. Recreation—6 percent
7. Other—5 percent
8. Consulting—5 percent
9. Manufacturing—4 percent
10. Not-for-Profit—4 percent

To find that perfect entry-level job—or any other position you might go after — you can use the Jobs section on New City Patch.

Here are just a few of the sales positions we found on the Jobs Board.

• Entry Level Sales and Marketing Full Time, Richard Allen, Inc. in White Plains, NY, USA
• Automotive Sales Associate, Prestige Imports in Pleasantville, NY, USA
• Calling all GRADS! Entry Level Sales & Marketing, Intrinsic Reaction in White Plains, NY, USA
• Aflac Insurance Sales Agent, Aflac in Tarrytown, NY, USA
• Sales Rep/ Lead Development, Sunrise Solar Solutions, LLC in Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA
• Sales Representative, Cameron Group in Nanuet, NY, USA
• Verizon Wireless Retail Sales Consultant-Eastchester, Your Wireless in Eastchester, NY, USA
• Cloud Computing Retail Sales Specialist, Premium Retail in West Nyack, NY, USA
• Outside Sales Executive, Heartland Payment Systems in Peekskill, NY, USA
• Automotive Service Consultant, Lexus of Mt. Kisco in Mount Kisco, NY, USA