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CAMPUS RECRUITING picks up a bit, especially for technical graduates.</br></br>The stepped-up activity hasn't reached pre-recession levels, however, many colleges report. "Employers are hiring more conservatively," says University of California at Berkeley. Recruiters did 9,794 interviews there last fall, up from 9,523 the year before but below the 10,391 in the fall of 1981. Yale expects 130 employers this school year, 20 more than last, with demand hot for applied math majors.</br></br>Boeing Co., Merrill Lynch, Coopers & Lybrand, Harris Corp. and Intel Corp. are among the concerns projecting increased hiring of June graduates. Starting pay will climb, too, at certain companies. National Semiconductor expects to hire 275 to 300 new grads, up from 185 a year ago; its beginning pay will rise 9%.</br></br>But at some small schools, such as New Jersey's Ryder College, recruiting is off 10%, and liberal arts majors are "having a tough time."</br></br>---