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.vocations A Careers Service which has achieved national recognition.national recognition

Employability Portal – Get Ahead

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