Once considered the place for panicked seniors to look for jobs ahead of graduation, college career offices are reporting dramatic hikes in use by first-year students looking for the earliest possible jump on the employment market. The Career Center at Temple, which saw a 22 percent increase in use by freshmen last year, held its first event specifically for first-years in late August. Director Rachel Brown was expecting 50 students but got more than 300. Temple's recent freshman event, which featured food and raffles, was also designed to get freshmen in the habit of coming to the career center, Brown said in a widely distributed Associated Press story. "Career stuff tends to feel heavy. What we're trying to do is demystify it, make it less heavy, make it fun. Then the conversations will continue."