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The advantages of training when starting a career can be attractive to job-seeking graduates, said the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).

Bridging the gap between academic and professional work can be a struggle, but adequate training by an employer can ease the transition, the association told Training magazine.

Chair of the AGR, Alison Hodgson, told the magazine: "When you transfer from university into work, your world can be turned upside down, so employers need to help support their new recruits.

"Vacancies have increased and the market for graduates is much more competitive than it's ever been. That's why training can be such a key differentiator for the leading companies."

She added that many firms use a mix of coaching and on-the-job training to help integrate new recruits into the business, with some larger firms still using corporate graduate training schemes.

The news comes as the Adecco Group reported in its Adecco/Mandis Job Creation Index that 40,800 jobs were created in September this year.

Representing a 20 per cent increase in job creations from the same time in 2006, the most significant numbers were created in the health and social care sector.

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