Most major firms and organisations are now in agreement that for graduates to compete in the job market they need to have picked up some practical work experience in temporary or permanent work to show that they can apply themselves in the employment market.
Women are proving more resilient to the job market than men. 10% of men who graduated last year remain unemployed whereas only 6.5% of women are in the same boat!
The counties young seem to be bearing the brunt of the economic crisis with 20% of under 24 year olds out of work. One third of graduates are unable to get graduate jobs!
The government is to put an extra £58m into the recruitment and retention of social workers.
Following the death of Baby P and in an effort to increase the number of social workers coming into the profession, a recruitment campaign has been announced and it is due to start this month. The campaign aims to persuade 500 former social workers to return to social working.
The government has also announced that it will sponsor 200 university placements for 2009-2010, create a new masters degree and improve on-the-job training for existing social workers.
It has been revealed today that a record number of nurses and midwives cannot find jobs after graduating. There has been an 80% rise over the last three years in nursing professionals unemployed six months after qualifying. Current figures show more than 1,000 nurses are jobless.
Volkswagen plans to create some 8,500 new jobs worldwide in 2008 after several lean years at the biggest European car maker.
They currently employ about 329,000 worldwide. Of the 8,500 new jobs about 5,500 will primarily go to graduates and apprentices. The remaining positions will go to people currently working for the company on a temporary basis in its new plants.
