The Graduate Market 2011 - The good news and the important news

The Good News for this year’s graduates:

• ‘The UK’s leading employers are expecting to increase their graduate recruitment by 9.4% in 2011”


• “Three fifths of employers expect to recruit more graduates in 2011, whilst a quarter plan to maintain their intake.”


• “Employers in thirteen of fourteen key industries and employment areas expect to recruit more graduates in 2011.”
  

The Important News for all undergraduates:

• “Although the total number of graduate vacancies is set to increase in 2011, recruiters have confirmed that a third if this year’s entry-level positions are expected to be filled by graduates who have already worked for their organisations –either through industrial placements, vacation work or sponsorships- - and therefore are not open to other students from the ‘Class of 2011’.


• ‘Nearly two-thirds of recruiters warn that graduates who have had no previous work experience at all are unlikely to be successful during the selection process and have little or no chance of receiving a job offer for their organisations’ graduate programmes
  · ‘Three-fifths of employers are providing industrial placements for undergraduates (typically for 6-12 months) or vacation work lasting more than three weeks’.

Source: 'The Graduate Market in 20011', pub High Fliers Research Limited, 2011