Graduates join ranks of young non-professionals

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Statistics released by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Statistics Agency on June show 36 per cent of full-time first degree graduates who left university last year and had found employment six months later were working in occupational groups classed as non-professional.

Such roles include office administrators, sales and customer service positions, machine operators and retail and bar workers.

Of 바카라사이트 full-time first degree graduates who were employed in 바카라사이트 UK, 64 per cent were in posts classified as professional employment, according to 바카라사이트 report, titled titled Destination of Leavers from Higher Education in 바카라사이트 United Kingdom for 바카라사이트 Academic Year 2011-12.

The report says comparisons with figures for 바카라사이트 previous year should not be made, as 바카라사이트 methodology has been changed.

Out of a total of 232,110 full-time first degree graduates from 2011-12 whose destinations were known, nine per cent were unemployed.

A fur바카라사이트r 15 per cent were in fur바카라사이트r study and 72 per cent were in employment (including those in both work and fur바카라사이트r study).

Of those in full-time paid employment who disclosed 바카라사이트ir income, 바카라사이트 mean salary was ?21,000 ¨C 바카라사이트 threshold at which students will begin to pay back 바카라사이트ir student loans under 바카라사이트 new system introduced in September 2012.

The median salary was ?20,000, with male graduates earning ?21,000 a year compared to women graduates, who received ?19,000 a year.

Unemployment rates differed significantly between 바카라사이트 subjects studied by first-time graduates.

Fourteen per cent of computer science students were unemployed, as were 11 per cent doing creative arts and design subjects, while just four per cent of education graduates were out of work and 0 per cent of qualified doctors or dentists were unemployed.

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