TARGETjobs recently held a ‘Graduates vs Apprentices’ talk, at a time where the interest and importance of apprentices is growing rapidly, the areas discussed highlighted the importance of focusing on finding individuals with the right skills regardless of qualification. Read More
TARGETjobs ‘Undergraduate of the Year Awards’ were presented to a dozen of the UK’s brightest students. The 5200 entrants were shortlisted to 120, who were all present at the award ceremony, Read More
In a bid to encourage more successful apprenticeships, and lower drop-out rates, the education watchdog hopes to see stronger organisation in securing placements for school goers and better quality post-16 careers guidance from the government. Read More
Eight young people from Dorset have been named the winners of The Brathay Apprentice Challenge’ and given the title of ‘Apprentice team of the year’, the team came from aerospace firm Cobham. Read More
World leading HR service group Penna is launching its first graduate and apprenticeship scheme, the ‘Penna Development Programme’, which will provide two graduates and two apprentices the unique opportunity to embark on an eighteen month programme being placed into various areas of the services offered by Penna. Read More
Pearson owned Zenos IT training provider, that runs thousands of apprenticeship programmes yearly, has notified 300 candidates, scheduled to start their apprenticeship placement in early January, that they will no longer begin as planned. Read More
Hesa statistics reveal that 53,215 (one in six) graduates were awarded with a first class degree last summer. A 5% fall in undergraduate enrolment has been reported this year with a total of a 1% fall in UK students enrolled at UK universities. Read More
A recent survey by Adecco of 1,000 recruitment firms reveals that more than half think that graduates have unrealistic expectations of the workplace whilst one in three felt that the education system is failing to equip the next generation with the skills needed for businesses in Britain. Read More
A study of a hundred of the UK’s leading graduate employers shows that the average intake of graduates will increase by 6.4% for this year. Read More
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18 months-the average duration of a graduate’s first job.
A study by The Marketers Forum involving 2000 graduates, who had left university within the last ten years, has revealed that the average graduate’s first job only lasts eighteen months. Read More »