Graduates still facing a tough graduate job market

Almost one in two employers are not looking to recruit graduates this summer.

Finding a job is expected to be a challenge for the graduates of 2012 according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Many of these graduates started university in 2009 and could face the largest unemployment crisis of the current double-dip recession.

The recent survey undertaken by the CIPD which looked at different graduate employers, found that around 50% of them have stopped their plans to recruit school leavers or graduates this summer.

"It is going to be a long ­summer for many of this year's graduates and school leavers. Employers have for a long time had doubts about the employability of those leaving education,” said Gerwyn Davies, public policy adviser at the CIPD, commenting on the poll conclusions.

“This year's crop face employers in a more choosy mood than ever before. Against this backdrop, graduates and school ­leavers need to sharpen their case for being picked ahead of their classmates – and fast," added Davies.

A recent IT job with m-hance for graduate schemes in management, consulting, finance, marketing, support and sales has had around 1,200 applications for around 6 vacancies. Many graduate employers are faced with a high volume of applications, and the average applications per graduate jobs can be seen to reach 100 for each role.

Source: Pareto.co.uk, Tuesday 26th June 2012