busting graduate employment myths. graduate myth busting
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The reality....
• Figures refer to AGR vacancies...• AGR recruits around 15% of all graduates• Includes significant numbers of London-based
finance, accounting “City” recruiters• Are there 70 applicants for every teaching,
nursing, SME opportunity?
The reality• The statement below explains the bizarrely inflated
figures.• This survey was done in July when the 2010
graduating cohort had only just graduated and so it’s perhaps not surprising that almost 20% hadn’t found work. (The latest DLHE data shows that 6 months after graduation, unemployment was 8.9 per cent.)
(AGCAS)
Recommendations for students and graduates
• Take responsibility for your own employability• Gain as much useful work and related experience
as possible while at university• Begin careers planning as soon as possible -
preferably before you start university• Take full advantage of the services and resources
offered by your university.
Teesside University Offers...
• More than 80 initiatives created to develop your employability skills – and more planned...
• Graduates working all over the world in a huge variety of vocations.
• A Careers Service which has achieved national recognition.