Graduate recruitment trends

January 7, 2004

Graduate recruitment trends

There is guarded optimism over graduate vacancies – with the outlook in some sectors rosier than last year, according to the Graduate Trends Survey 2003/4, by graduate careers publishers GTI.

The study of 500 companies found that in most sectors, students responded to a challenging market by delaying their applications, often until after graduation.

Key findings:

Employers continue to invest heavily in graduate recruitment promotion and processes:
– Employers are spending more time on campus to attract the right students. The number of presentations given by employers has risen this year.
– The use of online application systems has risen relentlessly over the last four years, but this year the growth has flattened out.

In most sectors, actual vacancies have either fallen only slightly or remained the same. The engineering sector reports an increase in vacancies.

Despite the high priority given to work experience by government, employers are offering fewer opportunities this year.

In the IT, built environment and property sectors there has been an increase in applications but all other sectors report a lower number of applications.

Salaries hold steady this year but there has been a general increase in the benefits packages offered to new graduates.

Students with IT and engineering degrees are much more attractive to employers this year.

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