Progression through HE into work Mark Armitage Senior Careers Adviser Careers and Employment Service

Content What do graduates do with their degree? The current state of the graduate labour market Employability at Exeter: What we do to help What to tell your students Questions and discussion

What sort of graduate will I be……? Pragmatist Hedonist Fatalist

Guess the course: TRAINEE LIBRARIAN, MANCHESTER MET UNIVERSITY TEACHER, EXETER SCHOOL, EXETER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER, BRUCE SHAW PARTNERSHIP, LONDON FINANCE TECHNICIAN, TELEKURS, LONDON MARKETING ASSISTANT, CARTWHEEL LTD, TOPSHAM PERSONAL ASSISTANT, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, WESTMINSTER WITNESS CARE OFFICER, CROWN PROSECUTION SERVICE, BLACKPOOL PERSONAL ASSISTANT, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON

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What do Exeter Graduates Do? Employed60 % Further Study21 % Time Out 7 % Unemployed 7 % Other 5 %

Graduate Level Work? 67% of all Exeter graduates in work or study were in graduate level work or study, 6 months after leaving Times League Table

State of the Market What information can you rely on? High Flyers Survey Association of Graduate Recruiters

Change in recruitment (HF) % target % % % %

High Flyers Survey Largest recruiters in 2008: accountancy & professional services firms: 3,700 trainees recruitment numbers have already been revised sharply downwards. Employers now expect to hire almost 3,400 fewer graduates in 2009 than they planned at the start of the recruitment season.

High Flyers Survey Almost half of employers expect to recruit more grads in 2010 but a quarter warn of further cuts to recruitment. Areas in decline Consumer goods, down 3.9% Engineering and industrial, down 2.1% Public Sector, down 4.3% Top investment banks seeking a third more grads than Law making a slower recovery due to deferrals.

High Flyers Survey Research with 1,001 final year university students shows that job hunters are even more pessimistic about their career prospects than finalist were in More than 90% of finalists think that employers will cut their vacancies in % of student job hunters have little confidence that they will find a graduate position

Vulnerable sectors? Banking Property / Construction / Surveying Advertising / Public Relations Management Consultancy Retailing Public Sector Law What will the market be in 2013?

Do students have what employers want? Information from AGR:

AGR: shortfalls in hard skills

AGR: shortfalls in soft skills

Success depends on: Choice of subject Type of course (vocational vs non vocational) Choice of university Class of degree A level grades Skills and qualities

What to tell your students Vocational courses = higher employment rate Employers more likely to be interested in grade than subject - choose a subject you will enjoy Develop skills from day 1

Employability at Exeter Comprehensive skills training: CVs, Interview techniques, Team development, Running your own business Exeter Award Recognition for extra curricular activity

Employability at Exeter Employer links Five careers fairs, presentations, graduate vacancies and employer led training. University and Students’ Guild work together Employability and ‘The Works’

Employability at Exeter Placement opportunities in the UK STEP (Agency of the Year 2008) Exeter University Internship Programme Student Associate Scheme Graduate Business Partnership Placement opportunities abroad

Employability at Exeter Opportunities for volunteering Community Action (CA) Part Time / Term time jobs ‘The Works’

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