{"id":7720,"date":"2012-07-04T06:53:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T23:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/most-graduate-recruiters-now-looking-for-at-least-a-21\/"},"modified":"2016-03-12T11:11:39","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T04:11:39","slug":"most-graduate-recruiters-now-looking-for-at-least-a-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/most-graduate-recruiters-now-looking-for-at-least-a-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Most graduate recruiters now looking for at least a 2:1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nMore than 75% of companies require minimum of 2:1 degree, up from 52% in 2004, as scramble for graduate jobs intensifiesMore than three-quarters of graduate recruiters now use a 2:1 degree as their minimum entry requirement amid an intense scramble for graduate jobs, a poll of top employers has found.A total of 76% now use 2:1 as their threshold, up from 52% in 2004, in order to sift through a high volume of applications for each vacancy. According to the survey, 2.5% of recruiters demand a first. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2012\/jul\/04\/graduate-recruiters-look-for-21-degree\" target=\"_blank\">Most graduate recruiters now looking for at least a 2:1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; More than 75% of companies require minimum of 2:1 degree, up from 52% in 2004,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-20w","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14556,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/get-a-third-time-to-turn-on-the-charm\/","url_meta":{"origin":7720,"position":0},"title":"Get a third? 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