Property News · June 2, 2012

10 things every graduate should know before they start job hunting


Despite lower salaries, more unpaid positions and a recession, it’s not all doom and gloom for graduate jobseekersIf the 370,000 students set to graduate from UK universities this summer know just one thing, it’s that the party is over. Figures from employment website Totaljobs show one in three graduates is claiming jobseeker’s allowance and a quarter of graduates haven’t had a single interview.Huge numbers of roles posted on graduate “job boards” are, in fact, lengthy unpaid internships – and research from Incomes Data Services found that those lucky enough to find paid work will discover their starting salary is 2% lower than it was for the class of 2011. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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