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Busting Graduate Employment Myths

Graduate Myth Busting

Graduate Myths • A year later it had gone up to “ 82 applicants for every job…”

The reality. . • Figures refer to AGR vacancies. . . • AGR recruits around 15% of all graduates • Includes significant numbers of London-based finance, accounting “City” recruiters • Are there 70 applicants for every teaching, nursing, SME opportunity?

The reality • The statement below explains the bizarrely inflated figures. • This survey was done in July when the 2010 graduating cohort had only just graduated and so it’s perhaps not surprising that almost 20% hadn’t found work. (The latest DLHE data shows that 6 months after graduation, unemployment was 8. 9 per cent. ) (AGCAS)

Recommendations for students and graduates • Take responsibility for your own employability • Gain as much useful work and related experience as possible while at university • Begin careers planning as soon as possible preferably before you start university • Take full advantage of the services and resources offered by your university.

Teesside University Offers. . . • More than 80 initiatives created to develop your employability skills – and more planned. . . • Graduates working all over the world in a huge variety of vocations. • A Careers Service which has achieved national recognition.

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‘To be employed is to be at risk, to be employable is to be secure’ The Art of Building Windmills, Peter Hawkins (1999)