Hundreds of job recruiters will gather in the PMAC on Tuesday in search of potential employees.But because of the bad economy, the number of potential employers will be a little less.The Spring Career Expo has 132 organizations registered, which is down about 50 organizations from last year.”Our past two spring Expos have been extremely large,” said Sara Crow, Career Services assistant director of communications. “Basically, the pendulum has swung. [There is] less demand from employers and, likely, more demand from students.”Many organizations nationwide are being forced to cut or eliminate recruiting budgets, and with a smaller pool of resources for college recruiting, those organizations must use more discretion about where they choose to recruit, Crow said.”We need to have a good showing from students,” she said. “Employers have to slash recruiting, and we want them to feel like coming to LSU is valuable.”A strong student attendance at the Expo will help organizations feel like an investment in the University is a good one, Crow said. If attendance isn’t high, they may take their recruiting efforts — and their open positions — elsewhere, she said.”Opportunities for LSU students are still strong, and we need to keep them that way,” Crow said.This is the largest scale opportunity students will have to connect with employers this semester, she said.”We know that students may not be interested in every employer that’s interested in them, but with such a tight economy, it is more important than ever to know what you can do with a particular degree,” Crow said. Participating organizations include those in the fields of business, engineering, government, multidisciplinary and science and technology.Students can also find job listings on Career Service’s Web site through Careers2Geaux.”It’s just like any other job board, but what’s unique is it’s from an employer who has specifically contacted us and said ‘I’m interested in LSU students,'” Crow said.It’s too early to determine how the economy will affect the number of job postings online, she said.From July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008, Career Services posted more than 20,000 full-time jobs, 4,633 internships and co-ops and 3,773 part-time jobs, compared to nearly 5,000 part-time jobs posted from July 2006 to July 2007.—-Contact Leslie Presnall at [email protected]