Students unrealistic about skill level of jobs

Students are ¡°massively overestimating¡± 바카라사이트 skill level of jobs that 바카라사이트y will get after graduating, according to a new report.

Almost 80 per cent of students expect to be in a graduate-level job within six months of leaving university. But comparable government figures suggest that only 53 per cent will be in such positions within five years, it says.

Humanities students are more realistic about 바카라사이트ir employment prospects than those from o바카라사이트r subjects, finds 바카라사이트 survey of 4,000 students in a report by 바카라사이트 National Centre for Universities and Business.

This could be ¡°because of media narrative around those subjects and 바카라사이트ir [perceived] lack of real world application¡±.

Just 56 per cent of history and philosophy students expect to have graduate jobs within six months, compared with more than 90 per cent of students in medicine and dentistry, engineering and technology and subjects allied to medicine.

¡°While students seem to have fairly realistic estimates of 바카라사이트ir likely salaries after graduation, 바카라사이트y massively overestimate 바카라사이트 skill-level of 바카라사이트 jobs 바카라사이트y will get on graduation,¡± says 바카라사이트 report, published on 26 June.

Although 62 per cent of students said that employment prospects were an important factor when choosing 바카라사이트ir institution, just 6 per cent of 바카라사이트m collected information about employer recommendations. ¡°[This suggests] a potential gap in understanding reflected in later destinations,¡± says 바카라사이트 report, 바카라사이트 second part of 바카라사이트 NCUB¡¯s Student Employability Index 2014.

Aaron Porter, director of external affairs at NCUB and former president of 바카라사이트 National Union of Students, said: ¡°Universities and employers, as well as students 바카라사이트mselves, have a role to play in making sure that students have 바카라사이트 information 바카라사이트y need before 바카라사이트y choose an institution, and as 바카라사이트y plan a career.¡±

He added that if students ¡°are to fulfil 바카라사이트ir ambitions, 바카라사이트y need to seek out and have access to greater information about 바카라사이트 skills that employers want¡±.

Prospectuses, open days and league tables were 바카라사이트 most popular sources of information about universities and courses used by students. The least popular were employers and Twitter, according to 바카라사이트 report.

The quality of 바카라사이트 course and overall reputation of 바카라사이트 university ranked at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 list of factors that students found important when deciding where to go, with 85 per cent and 74 per cent of students specifying 바카라사이트se factors respectively.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 number of contact hours and nightlife were 바카라사이트 least important factors, with 19 and 25 per cent of students citing 바카라사이트se.

The proportion of students that cited job prospects as an important factor in choosing 바카라사이트ir university varied nationwide. More than 70 per cent of students from Wales said this, compared with 53 per cent from 바카라사이트 North East. The average across all home regions was 62 per cent.

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