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Graduate Salaries The average salary offered by graduate recruiters advertising in the 2007/8 issue of the Prospects Directory is £24,048 representing a 4.4% increase on last years figure However, this figure is likely to be higher than averages sourced from student surveys because.. Figures are mainly from large companies/organisations Many vacancies are in London Vacancies are aimed specifically at graduates Significant number of graduates obtain posts not aimed at holders of degrees

Graduate Salaries The highest salary is offered to graduates entering the graduate area management trainee programme with a nationwide retailer. The next highest salaries, at £38,000 and £36,000 are for trainee solicitors working in London The lowest salaries, at £14,732 and £15,300, are for support workers for a charity organisation and graduate management trainees for a leisure company, respectively (Prospects directory)

Sectors set to expand... ( Future Skills Scotland) 84,000 new jobs are expected to be created in Scotland in the next decade – an additional 922,000 job openings will arise to replace workers who leave employment. Public & private sector service industries will expand Employment will fall in primary (except in the energy industry) & manufacturing industries Business services, retail & distribution and health & social work will account for just under half of all jobs in Scotland by 2017 There will be an increased demand for highly qualified workers and decrease in demand for unqualified workers

Sectors set to expand... For graduates the fastest growing group of occupations has been in social and welfare. Locally, this has been in engineering. This accounted for 3.7% of graduate employment in Social work was the most important occupation for graduates in this sector. (What do graduates do 2008)

More graduate vacancies... (AGR Winter Poll) Graduate vacancies have risen for five years and are at their highest level this decade. Graduate vacancies will be 16.4% higher than last year. However, the expected shortage of well-qualified candidates ‘makes worrying reading ‘ (AGR Chief Executive Carl Gilleard) Shortage of people with the right skills (employability) is a common theme. Increasingly firms are recruiting from overseas

Skills employers seek... According to CIPD 2007 survey2 the most popular skills found in employer competency frameworks are, in order: communication skills people management team skills customer service skills results-orientation Problem solving.

Vacancies for graduates 66 percent of vacancies advertised ( Prospects) are open to graduates of any discipline Engineering and technology (one in six vacancies) is most in demand

The Robert Gordon University The top Scottish university for graduate employment -The Good University Guide 2007 Best modern university in Scotland - The Times Newspaper 4th best university in the UK for graduate level employment behind Cambridge, Imperial College and London School of Economics - The Times and the Telegraph newspapers 98 percent of employers were satisfied with RGU graduates performance in the workplace (RGU Survey – quoted in The Times Aug 2007)

Employment of RGU Graduates

Employment of RGU Graduates

Please note all information correct as at 2 May 08