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Graduate unemployment 'at its lowest'
On 29-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Graduates are enjoying the lowest rate of unemployment for seven years, according to a new report. The research, from the What do Graduates Do? report by the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (H read more...

Belfast to get jobs increase
On 29-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Engineering graduates in Northern Ireland may have more employment opportunities, after Bombardier Aerospace announced it is going to create over 300 new jobs in Belfast.The company has announced its read more...

Engineering sector workload increases
On 28-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Engineering graduates could be boosted by the news that the sector is experiencing increasing workloads, meaning more jobs could be created, according to a report. The Association for Consultancy and read more...

Temp workers could gain more rights
On 27-Nov-2007 under GAP / Temp
Graduates with temporary jobs could receive a boost as it emerges temporary workers could get full employment rights after six weeks of working at a company, reports personneltoday.com. The Agency Wor read more...

Graduates told not to expect 007 careers
On 26-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Students looking to start graduate careers with MI6 have been warned that their employees are not like James Bond. Secret agents have been allowed to speak on the record for the first time as the agen read more...

Female graduates 'need to be sensitive'
On 26-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Female students who want graduate jobs as managers have been warned by a new study that employees react badly to women who seem unkind and insensitive. The research, carried out by Kristin Byron, assi read more...

Gaming jobs gain popularity among grads
On 23-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Increasing numbers of students are exploring graduate careers in gaming, it has emerged.According to Nick Dettmar, managing director of Computer People, the gaming industry has grown in popularity thr read more...

Philosophy top trumps for graduate jobs
On 22-Nov-2007 under Graduate
A degree in philosophy has gained in value when it comes to finding graduate careers, it has emerged.Statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency show that philosophy students are having bet read more...

Graduates sought in Welsh IT jobs
On 22-Nov-2007 under Graduate
There is a major shortage of graduates going into IT careers in Wales, it has emerged.According to the director of IT Wales, Beti Williams, there is a growing shortfall in candidates of careers in IT, read more...

Graduate engineers in high demand
On 22-Nov-2007 under Graduate
There is a shortage in skilled graduate engineers meaning that those seeking graduate jobs will be much sought after. In the Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE) Skil read more...

Graduate career seekers to get pay hike
On 21-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Graduate jobs will be among those benefiting from a significant boost to average UK salaries this year.Recent research, part of a Monthly Salary Index, has shown that the current average advertised sa read more...

Graduates advised 'dress to impress at interview'
On 20-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Graduates are being advised to make sure they present themselves well at interview in order to have the best chance possible of getting the job.According to John Fitchew, joint managing director at Pa read more...

Academics get considerable pay rise
On 20-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Higher education staff have received a three per cent pay rise taking average earnings to an impressive £42,620 this year.This takes earnings for these staff to £10,000 pounds more than average earn read more...

New lawyers raking it in
On 19-Nov-2007 under Graduate
City lawyers' average starting salaries have risen to over £60,000, it has emerged.According to research by legal recruitment company Hughes-Castell, this is the highest level ever reached and reflec read more...

Government pledges better training for Brits
On 19-Nov-2007 under Graduate
The government is set to create as many as 7.5 million training placements as part of the prime minister's pledge to provide "British jobs for British workers", it has emerged.Aimed at equipping Briti read more...

Thousands of new positions created
On 19-Nov-2007 under Graduate
An impressive 45,614 new jobs were created in Britain last month according to the latest Job Creation Index (JCI).The figure represents a 31 per cent rise in creations from the October 2006 and is goo read more...

IT recruiters after young talent
On 16-Nov-2007 under Graduate
IT firms are increasingly looking to recruit fresh young talent, it has emerged.A survey on cwjobs.co.uk compiled by Salary Services has revealed that the number of jobs advertised for junior staff IT read more...

Happy workers found to be sexier
On 16-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Finding a job that you are happy in can improve your sex life, according to recent research.It has been found that, after a good day at work, contented employees are twice as likely to have sex with t read more...

More graduate IT jobs in Britain 'than ever before'
On 15-Nov-2007 under Graduate
One of Britain’s top universities is attempting to address a "desperate" shortage of IT course applicants by launching a publicity campaign aimed at dispelling myths about working in the field. Cambr read more...

Slashing graduate fee 'could affect poor students'
On 14-Nov-2007 under Graduate
Fears have been voiced that abolishing the graduate fee in Scotland could adversely affect poorer students, reports the Press Association.Money from the fee paid by graduates gets put into a fund whic read more...