Grads

China’s Grads / Liuzhou asks HR firms to find jobs

The city of Liuzhou, in the Guangxi Zhuang region is looking to hire human resources firms to help its college graduates land jobs, human resources and social security authorities have reported, noting that any local college grads that are listed as unemployed can get free professional help in jobs searches from the city firms. The … Continue reading →

China / Be innovative, Li tells graduates

Premier encourages students to find work in western China. Premier Li Keqiang told new graduates to be enterprising and innovative in hunting for jobs in what some say is the toughest time for them to find work in recent years. Continue reading →

Vietnam / Youth go straight from graduation to bad jobs

The International Labor Organization (ILO) has warned that low-productive employment among Vietnam’s young population is curbing the youth’s potential and stunting national grown Continue reading →

China / Are Graduates of General Education Institutions More Competitive in the Job Market ?

In China, the enrolment number in higher education has dramatically increased, 513,000 more than that of 1998, which in total reached 1,597,000. But, are Graduates of General Education Institutions More Competitive in the Job Market ? Continue reading →

China’s Grads / Only 26 percent of postgraduate and 35 percent of undergraduate students had secured a job by April

This year is said to be the most difficult for college graduates to find a job, especially because of the record number of fresh graduates entering the tough job market Continue reading →

US / New website to compare law-school jobs data

US – A new website aims to make it easier for would-be law students to research how graduates of different law schools are faring in the jobs market Continue reading →

China / Job Market Tougher for Women Grads

Much has already been written and discussed about this year’s employment season, which has been called the toughest yet in China’s history. But for women graduates, it is even more difficult Continue reading →

UK / Securing a job after leaving university depend heavily on where they choose to study

UK – Students at Robert Gordon, Glasgow Caledonian and Derby universities outperformed Oxford and Cambridge graduates when it came to securing jobs or places on postgrad courses last year Continue reading →

UK / 46 applications for every graduate vacancy this year

Nearly 50 graduates on average are applying for every job this year amid fierce competition for the best career openings, new research shows. Well in excess of 100 applications for each position are being sent to some employers, such as consumer goods and media companies. A report suggests there has been a rise in the … Continue reading →

UK / More than 20,000 of last year’s graduates were unemployed six months after leaving university

More than 20,000 of last year’s graduates were unemployed six months after leaving university Continue reading →

China / A Tough job market for Chinese college graduates

Although the job market in China is still much better than many other parts of the world, it is a tough market for graduates. Many job seekers have decided to shy away from the rat race and try other options. A record-high 6.99 million Chinese students are leaving universities in 2013, a 2.8 percent increase … Continue reading →

China / 16 percent of the men and women with college degrees unemployed, 4 percent of those with an elementary school education

A national survey released last winter found that in the age bracket of 21- to 25-year-olds, 16 percent of the men and women with college degrees were unemployed. But only 4 percent of those with an elementary school education were unemployed, a sign of voracious corporate demand persisting for blue-collar workers. Wages for workers who … Continue reading →

UK / Student interns three times more likely to get at least one definite job offer

Research shows that some 36 per cent of students completing a work experience placement had received at least one definite job offer by the Easter of their final year compared with just 11 per cent of other undergraduates. Experts warned that work experience was “no longer an option extra” for universities and had increasingly become … Continue reading →

Job Search for Gen Y / Getting a job (Infographic)

College Grads / A demand problem, not a skills problem

The same factors that are hurting the job market are making it hard for start-ups and small businesses to succeed: consumers aren’t spending enough money to create an expansion on their own, and austerity-driven cuts in government spending are weakening economic growth. As Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute puts it, the declining prospects … Continue reading →