"The good news: Hiring for new college graduates is expected to hold steady in 2010. The bad: Hiring for new college graduates is expected to hold steady in 2010. That's after plummeting in 2009 by about 35 to 40 percent, according to a major annual survey of companies," The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. "'It's going to be competitive, no doubt about it,' says Phil Gardner, director of Michigan State University's Collegiate Employment Research Institute, which conducts the survey. Findings from the survey, 'Recruiting Trends 2009-2010,' were released Monday. They are based on survey responses from more than 1,800 employers and include jobs for students completing both undergraduate and graduate degrees, though the bulk of the projected hiring is of bachelor's-degree holders."