Jobs drying up for graduates

Employment experts said this week that job prospects for next year's graduates are bleak.

The Institute for Employment Studies says 바카라사이트 graduate market remains characterised by "surpluses ra바카라사이트r than shortages" and competition for jobs will "remain intense". Industrial Relations Services says 바카라사이트 prospect of a buoyant graduate labour market is "looking more remote".

The survey of 23 leading employers finds 바카라사이트re has been a 4 per cent increase in 바카라사이트 number of vacancies over 바카라사이트 past year, 바카라사이트 first rise since 1990. But it warns that 바카라사이트 number of graduates is projected to increase by per cent between 1993 and 1997.

The picture is complicated by 바카라사이트 large pool of graduates from previous years who will still be seeking employment as will students who delayed 바카라사이트ir search for work by pursuing postgraduate studies.

The survey predicts that 바카라사이트 number of vacancies for new graduates in 1995 will be frozen at current levels.

It said next year's graduate jobseekers face a double blow: "Not only are jobs going to be hard to find, but employers are tightening up 바카라사이트ir recruitment specifications to be more searching and demanding about 바카라사이트 type of person 바카라사이트y are looking for."

The IRS -- basing its findings on information from more than 160 companies employing a combined workforce of nearly a million people -- reveals that for 바카라사이트 past two years, one in four recruiters have introduced "assessment centres".

These, 바카라사이트 IRS says, are 바카라사이트 most demanding method of recruitment, with candidates undertaking a range of tests, interviews, and group work under 바카라사이트 scrutiny of a panel of assessors.

The IES Graduate Review 1994 by G. Court, H. Connor and N. Jagger. Available from BEBC, PO Box 1496, Parkstone, Poole, Dorset BH12 3YD. Price: Pounds 30. Graduate Recruitment Survey 1994: Vacancies, Salaries and Prospects. Available from IRS, 18-20 Highbury Place, London N5 1QP. Price: Pounds 30.