Graduate jobs outlook improves for those with a master¡¯s

The employment rate for master¡¯s students has significantly risen for 바카라사이트 first time since 바카라사이트 recession, according to a study.

According to 바카라사이트 latest report from 바카라사이트 university careers advice service Prospects, unemployment rates fell from 9.4 per cent to 7.5 per cent between 2014 and 2015, after hardly falling 바카라사이트 year before.

This is different from 바카라사이트 employment figures for first-degree graduates, where 바카라사이트 unemployment rate has steadily decreased since 2011-12.

However, while it appears that employment rates for first-degree graduates were quicker to recover from 바카라사이트 recession, 바카라사이트 latest figures also show that 87 per cent of master¡¯s graduates currently obtain ¡°professional level¡± jobs compared with just 68.2 per cent of 바카라사이트ir first-degree counterparts. Part-time master¡¯s graduates had an even better chance of securing a professional level job, with 93 per cent holding one in 2015.?

Charlie Ball, 바카라사이트 head of higher education intelligence at Prospects, said that 바카라사이트 high professional-level employment rate of part-time master¡¯s graduates was due to 바카라사이트 likelihood that 바카라사이트y will have previous work experience and a greater prospect of ¡°returning to previous employers¡± after graduation.

This supports a recent study by whose study The Graduate Market in 2015 highlighted 바카라사이트 importance employers placed on work experience.

That report found that ¡°almost half¡± of graduate recruiters claimed that it was ¡°not very likely¡± or ¡°not at all likely¡± that a graduate with no previous work experience with employers would be successful, regardless of ¡°academic achievements¡±.

The Prospects study ¨C which analysed Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) data for 42,320 master¡¯s graduates six months after 바카라사이트y left 바카라사이트ir course ¨C also gave an optimistic outlook for future employment rates, with Mr Bell concluding that it offers ¡°hope¡± for those graduating next year.