Post graduate job expectation in the UK
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Post graduate job expectation in the UK
Mengyu Zhang
Table of contents
Introduction----------------------------------------------------------p.3
Literature review----------------------------------------------------p.3
Methodology---------------------------------------------------------p.4
Results and discussion---------------------------------------------p.4
Conclusion------------------------------------------------------------p.8
References------------------------------------------------------------p.9
Appendix--------------------------------------------------------------p.10
Introduction
The graduate job market does not always follow the general trends of employment in the UK. The graduate job market seem to be stronger than last year, some of Britain 's biggest employers are planning to hire more graduates this year (2013), an increase of 8.7% compared with 2012. In addition, the starting salaries for graduates are expected to still unchanged at a median of £29,000. The date from High Fliers show that 38% of graduate starting salaries are between £25,000 and £30,000, only 2% of graduate starting salaries are lower than £20,000 per year. In order to discover the graduate job expectations, it is important to know what kind of job they are looking for, if they have working experiences, how they will treat their first job and what are their expected starting salaries. So, my group decided to conduct some research into graduates job market and expectations for a deep understanding of this topic.
Literature review
The graduate job market does not always follow the general trends of employment in the UK. It is important to know what sectors are growing, where to find jobs and what skills employers are looking for, (University of Leeds 2014) states that.
According to the survey by High Fliers Research (2013) some sectors in the graduate job market are recovering and beginning to show signs of growth. Job
Post graduate job expectation in the UK
Mengyu Zhang
Table of contents
Introduction----------------------------------------------------------p.3
Literature review----------------------------------------------------p.3
Methodology---------------------------------------------------------p.4
Results and discussion---------------------------------------------p.4
Conclusion------------------------------------------------------------p.8
References------------------------------------------------------------p.9
Appendix--------------------------------------------------------------p.10
Introduction
The graduate job market does not always follow the general trends of employment in the UK. The graduate job market seem to be stronger than last year, some of Britain 's biggest employers are planning to hire more graduates this year (2013), an increase of 8.7% compared with 2012. In addition, the starting salaries for graduates are expected to still unchanged at a median of £29,000. The date from High Fliers show that 38% of graduate starting salaries are between £25,000 and £30,000, only 2% of graduate starting salaries are lower than £20,000 per year. In order to discover the graduate job expectations, it is important to know what kind of job they are looking for, if they have working experiences, how they will treat their first job and what are their expected starting salaries. So, my group decided to conduct some research into graduates job market and expectations for a deep understanding of this topic.
Literature review
The graduate job market does not always follow the general trends of employment in the UK. It is important to know what sectors are growing, where to find jobs and what skills employers are looking for, (University of Leeds 2014) states that.
According to the survey by High Fliers Research (2013) some sectors in the graduate job market are recovering and beginning to show signs of growth. Job
References: Reference The UK graduate job market (2014) http://careerweb.leeds.ac.uk/info/56/job_market_trends/234/the_uk_graduate_job_market Angela, Monaghan (2014) http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/jan/13/uk-graduate-job-market-strongest-2014 Robin Pomeroy(2013) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/11/19/uk-britain-graduates-idUKBRE9AI0OO20131119 Starting salary expectations (2014) [ online ] Last accessed 3 March 2014 at: http://www.totaljobs.com/graduate/careers-advice/build-experience/starting-salary-expectations High Fliers (2013).The Graduate Market in 2013, [ online ], Annual review of graduate vacancies & starting salaries at Britain’s leading employers