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The Class of 2015 in US – Employers expect to hire 8.3 percent more new college graduates
Employers expect to hire 8.3 percent more new college graduates from the Class of 2015 for their U.S. operations than they did from the Class of 2014, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Employers taking part in NACE’s Job Outlook 2015 survey cited company growth and attrition … Continue reading
Canada – University graduates with lower levels of literacy and numeracy skills, 2012
In 2012, more than a quarter of university graduates in Canada aged 25 to 65 had a literacy score at the second level or below (out of five levels) in a survey on adult competencies led by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The survey, which was part of the OECD Programme for the International Assessment of Adult … Continue reading
US – Hiring of college graduates is expected to jump 16 percent
Hiring of college graduates is expected to jump 16 percent in the US, though the starting salaries will see only a modest growth, says a study. About 60 percent of employers said they will keep starting pay the same as last year for the newly minted degree-holders, the survey of more than 5,700 companies revealed. The … Continue reading
Spain – Graduating in law and so what…
Alberto Gracia earned the first law degree in his family six years ago. Since then, he’s worked briefly as a lawyer and mostly as a video-store clerk, flower-seller or ticket-puncher. Now he’s found a career he thinks will stick: hospital orderly. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Lawyer’s Only Job Hope … Continue reading
Grads in Canada – The expectation gap
Too many young people flounder around the margins of their chosen field, bouncing from unpaid internship to short term contract to coffee shop job. Youth unemployment continues to hover stubbornly around 13 per cent, only 2 per cent lower than its peak during the recession and double the national average. And the unemployment rate doesn’t … Continue reading
UK – Employment prospects for 2012/13 first degree graduates has dramatically improved
Employment prospects for 2012/13 first degree graduates dramatically improved compared to 2011/12 graduates. The proportion of graduates working in professional and managerial jobs in the UK had increased and the unemployment rate decreased from 8.5% to 7.3%. Read more about the outcomes of 2012/13 graduates from six subject areas covering 28 subjects. Find out more about how mature graduates do in … Continue reading
The Grad Job Market in UK – Not fully recovered despite drop in unemployment
The recent annual Destination of Leavers of Higher Education survey confirmed that graduates who left university last summer entered a rather better jobs market than their peers from the year before. As the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) shows with this chart, the overall employment rate for UK and EU graduates from a full-time first … Continue reading
Credential Inflation – An increasing number of job seekers face being shut out of middle-skill, middle-class occupations by employers’ rising demand for a bachelor’s degree
An increasing number of job seekers face being shut out of middle-skill, middle-class occupations by employers’ rising demand for a bachelor’s degree. This credential inflation, or “upcredentialing” is affecting a wide range of jobs from executive assistants to construction supervisors and has serious implications both for workers not seeking a college degree and for employers … Continue reading
Graduate Interview – 10 Common questions
Our infographic provides a run down of the ten most common interview questions for graduates, according to a survey conducted by the University of Kent. Along with these questions are some tips on how to best construct your answers, based on what the interviewer’s are trying to find out about you. Chosen excerpts by Job … Continue reading
Recent Immigrants in Canada – 14 per cent of university-educated are unemployed, 3.3 per cent for Canadian-born university grads
Except today, the prospects for Canada’s most highly educated new Canadians is far more dismal. Unemployment levels for recent immigrants with university degrees hit their highest point since June, 2010 last month. According to data Statistics Canada crunched for Global News, 14 per cent of university-educated immigrants who’ve come to Canada in the last five years are … Continue reading
US – Most graduates have changed careers once by the age of 24
Most of today’s graduates have already changed careers at least once by the age of 24, new research has found. So if you’ve started your career and are already thinking about quitting, you’re in good company. This is also good news the Class of 2014, who may be worried about making a ‘mistake’ when choosing … Continue reading
Jobs for Grads in UK – Nine in ten bosses say they can’t find good enough candidates
To many job-seeking graduates, it seems unbelievable – but a new survey suggests that many employers are struggling to fill their graduate vacancies for this year. With nearly nine in ten graduate employers admitting they have positions that they can’t find suitable candidates for, there could be hundreds of good quality, well-paid graduate roles currently … Continue reading
US – While 80 percent of Grads expect their first employers to provide them with a formal training program, only 52 percent recieve it finds Accenture 2014 College Graduate Employment Survey
The Accenture 2014 College Graduate Employment Survey explores the expectations and experiences of US college students who will be graduating in 2014 and those who graduated in 2012 and 2013 related to education, skills, finding a job, salary expectations, debt and post-graduation living arrangements. The survey polled more than 2,000 students and compares the perceptions … Continue reading
High school graduation in US – Rate could hit 90 percent (1.7 million more students received diplomas)
The high school graduation rate has topped 80 percent for the first time in U.S. history — and if states can keep up their rapid pace of improvement, the rate could hit 90 percent by 2020, according to federal data released Monday. The improvement has been driven by steep gains among African-American and Hispanic students … Continue reading
Graduate starting salaries in UK – Dropped by 11%, from £24,293 to £21,701 in real terms between 2007 and 2012
The starting salaries for graduate jobs has declined as the economic downturn bites. The average starting salary for graduates in professional employment dropped by 11%, from £24,293 to £21,701 in real terms between 2007 and 2012. Only two subject areas – Materials Technology, and Librarianship & Information Management – showed an increase in starting salaries, … Continue reading
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