Graduate job market 'will remain stable'

The UK's graduate jobs market is predicted to be stable this year as companies take on skilled university leavers to boost their operations, it has been claimed.

Carl Gilleard, chief executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, said that although the number of graduate vacancies is expected to drop marginally this year, there will still be plenty of opportunities for skill candidates, although competition will be tougher.

"With the job market intrinsically linked to business confidence, I am cautiously optimistic for graduate recruitment in 2012 and it is encouraging to see that only a slight drop is predicted," he added.

Mr Gilleard also noted that employers are predicting that two-year degrees will prove popular with students, but this may not be the best route into employment.

"Employers do value graduates that have work experience, and those students that have undertaken a year in industry as part of a four year degree. Consequently, there are genuine concerns surrounding students undertaking two year degrees," he added.

It comes after a recent survey carried out by High Fliers Research, which analysed the graduate job market, found that employers expect to hire 6.4 per cent more university leavers in summer 2012 than they did last year, with nearly half of all firms taking on more graduates.

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Posted by Wayne Bly

Filed: 30-01-2012