Getting A Job After University

In times of financial uncertainty the job market invariably suffers. Graduate jobs in particular are likely to be the first to feel the hit, and this time round is no different. Since the credit crunch pretty much every student has been graduating into an uncertain and troubling market, one in which their jobs are by no means guaranteed.

A 2008 study by Personnel Today reported that 59 percent of students were concerned about their future. That figure has since shot up dramatically. At the time such things were only a possibility: a diminishing economy meaning fewer jobs available for graduates, jobs that had already been secured suddenly being cancelled and the ?15,000 of loans to pay back; now it is fact.

Evidence enough is found in one particular statistic. At the time only 17 percent said they would consider taking a job they felt was below their intellectual capacity. Today that figure has skyrocketed. People are taking anything.

In all considerations 2010 is a lot different from the time when the survey was taken, and if you believed every article written about graduate jobs since the recession then you could well be forgiven for retreating to a cave somewhere to sit the whole thing out. However, are things really that bad?

Some sectors, such as engineering even expect a rise in graduate vacancies this year. The investment banks never had more than a few per cent of the market in any case. The latest survey from the Association of Graduate Recruiters suggests that graduate recruitment will fall on average this summer by 5.4 per cent ? and even this figure is influenced by the disproportionate number of financial service companies in the AGR survey.

All the regional newspapers have been all over this news story since it began. Even before, in many cases. Guardian Jobs, amongst others, have been particular speedy in addressing the fears of current graduates, publishing many articles giving helpful hints and pointers. They are often the best places to go and find jobs too, their adverts are well worth a look.

The advice is of course quite simple and often repeated, but for those who feel completely overwhelmed by the job market then just seeing everything in one place is extremely useful. Advice about degrees, work experience, volunteering, showing initiative is all fairly standard but is good to hear.

In conclusion, the recession was never going to help and it is true the graduate job market has been severely affected but there is no cause for panic. There are jobs to found if you go looking and with the economy set to recover over the next few years things should be back to normal in no time.

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Audry Jolie is a keen writer about secretarial jobs and he is specialised in public sector jobs. This article was inspired by the Guardian Jobs website.

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