A study by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit has found a decline in the number of graduates in employment 6 months after finishing university. At the same time a study of SMEs with a turnover of less than £5m has shown that more small businesses are employing graduates.
The economic recession of the last few years has already had a severe impact in the work place for thousands of people across the country, with redundancies commonplace, unemployed numbers soaring, and companies as well as families struggling to make ends meat. One demographic that seems to be suffering more than some is young people Read More
Executive summary
The fraught economic conditions of the last eighteen months and the continued fragility of the economy have left no organisation, public or private, and no individual, executive or graduate, untouched from redundancies, cut backs, hire freezes and cuts in public spending. Nowhere has the impact been felt more deeply and profoundly than in talent management and recruitment. Read More
In March 2010 The Student Room conducted research among 1,010 users of it’s website, including sixth formers, undergraduates and graduates. The findings provide new insight into the career aspirations and motivations of British young people and graduates. There are clear lessons for the recruitment sector. Read More
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