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Graduate Careers Australia

Learning and Workor

Work Earning

Cindy Tilbrook, Executive Director

Thursday 31st July, 2008

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GCA’s Mission

To research and promote career outcomes for graduates in Australia, in association with the higher education

sector, government and business

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We do this by providing:

– Networking for all parties involved in graduate employment and training

– Careers education products and services to universities and students

• info booklets for students – new titles welcome!

– Services to Graduate Recruiters• Graduate Opportunities directories• directory of university contacts• liaison and consultancy services

– Various Research projects

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• Australian Graduate Survey (AGS)– Graduate outcomes – approx. 112,000 responses per annum

• Graduate Outlook Survey (GOS):– Graduate employers– 270 respondents in 2007

• University and Beyond (U&B)– Students– 32,000 respondents in 2007, 28,000 in 2008

Surveys and Research Portfolio

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AGS Findings

Of the 36,805 bachelor degree graduates who were available for full-time employment and were in full-time employment 4 months after graduation:

4522 had full time employment before May in their final year and were still with that employer (12.3%)

• Accounting – 23.8 %• Architecture – 13.5%

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AGS Findings

Work status in final year of study (at any time)

In full-time employment (%)

Seeking full-time employment, not

working (%)

Seeking full-time employment, working part-time or casual (%)

TOTAL %

TOTAL number

Had full-time work in final year of study

97.6 1.3 1.1 100 8,103

Had part-time work in final year of study

82.1 4.0 14.0 100 26,897

Had any work in final year of study~

85.7 3.3 11.0 100 35,282

No work in final year of study

73.5 16.5 10.0 100 5,907

All graduates 84.5 5.0 10.5 100 43,549

Bachelor degree graduates available for full-time employment by work status

in their final year of study, 2007 (%)*

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AGS Findings

2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007Accounting 45.0 49.0 51.0 40.0 41.5 40.0Architecture & Building 44.5 44.0 48.0 40.0 42.0 42.0Computer Science 50.0 50.0 52.3 44.5 40.0 45.0Earth Sciences 45.0 58.0 65.0 42.5 53.0 53.0Engineering 48.5 50.0 55.0 45.0 46.0 50.3TOTAL $ 43.0 45.0 46.4 42.0 43.5 45.0

Median salaries for bachelor degree graduates aged 25 and over, in first full-time employment and with previous full-time employment experience

In first FT employmentWith previous FT employment

experience

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U&B

• Why students attend university

• What they are looking for in their post-university employment

• What are their ‘decision-factors’ in choosing their employment post-university

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• Work experience is the dominant factor influencing students in their career planning– 50.0 per cent of students selected this option

in response to the question “What have been your major influences on career planning?”

• Parents, with 42.8 %, and friends, with 34.8%, were the next most relevant impacts.

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U&B

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• Company paid training and development was found to be the most attractive, non-cash benefit a graduate recruiter can offer a new graduate.

• 95% of students agreed or strongly agreed with the statements:• It is important to have good training

opportunities and be developing new skills• Conducting work that is interesting and

challenging is important to me

• Followed by:– I need to have personal life and career balance/work

flexibility (92.5%)– It is essential to have good people to report to (90.3%)

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Visit the GCA website www.graduatecareers.com.au for further

information