Average graduate salary plummets as half of graduates take low-skilled jobs

Average graduate salary plummets as half of graduates take low-skilled jobs

by | Nov 20, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Recession and economy, Unpaid internships, zero hours contracts

BUT WAGES DO RISE FASTER FOR THOSE WITH A DEGREE New figures show how almost half of all university leavers have taken non-graduate roles – and the true average graduate salary appears to be far lower than the £29,000 stated previously by statisticians...
Jobcentre staff are target-driven “box tickers” says MP

Jobcentre staff are target-driven “box tickers” says MP

by | Nov 7, 2013 | Applications, Benefits and welfare, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Health and welfare, job hunting, Politicians, Recession and economy

UNDER-TRAINED ADVISERS LEAVE YOUNG JOBSEEKERS “SHROUDED IN SHAME” Job centres for under-25s should be scrapped as they stigmatise and demoralise young people seeking work, and MP has said. At present, under-trained staff in the “high street holding...
Revealed! What employers REALLY think of your degree

Revealed! What employers REALLY think of your degree

by | Sep 18, 2013 | Applications, average graduate salary, Business, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Universities, Wages

WE DON’T CARE WHERE YOU STUDIED, CLAIM BOSSES Graduate employers have revealed crucial secrets about how they compare candidates’ degrees when assessing which applicants to invite for interview. The good news is that the university you studied at is less...
Average graduate salary plummets as half of graduates take low-skilled jobs

Only 3% of graduates are jobless, claim astonishing new stats

by | Aug 30, 2013 | average graduate salary, graduate debt, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, Unpaid internships, Wages, workfare, zero hours contracts

AND AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARY IS £24,000 (APPARENTLY) A new survey has claimed that just 3% of people who graduated during the recession were unemployed three and a half years later – and the average graduate salary for those in work is £24,000. But struggling...
Average graduate salary “£29,000” (as long as you’re on a prestigious grad scheme)

Average graduate salary “£29,000” (as long as you’re on a prestigious grad scheme)

by | Jul 1, 2013 | average graduate salary, Business, Employers and recruitment, graduate debt, Graduate Fog, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Unpaid internships, Wages

GRADUATES IN FINANCE JOBS EARN £45,000 – BUT WHAT ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE? * WANT A NEWER ARTICLE ON AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARIES? PAY GAP WIDENS BETWEEN HIGH- AND LOW-PAID JOBS – AVERAGE GRADUATE SALARY IS NOW ANYWHERE “BETWEEN £80,000 AND £11,000” *...