Sony To Hire Less College Graduates

Sony plans to slash recruitment of college graduates for Spring 2010 by 48% from this spring to 280 due to its deteriorating performance amid the global economic downturn, company officials said Tuesday. ‘‘The environment surrounding our company has changed so we will use more rigorous standards in selecting college students we will hire,’’ a company spokesperson said.

Sony said that of the 280 workers it plans to hire for next spring, 200 will be engineers and the rest clerical staff. Information courtesy of Japan Today.

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