Posts on ‘July 5th, 2009’

There are fewer jobs available and more graduates chasing them, a survey of graduate recruiters suggests.
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• Trainee positions cut and salaries frozen• Students advised to spread their nets wider
A quarter of graduate employment vacancies have disappeared, the fierce competition for each job has grown more intense, and the dire situation will not improve next year, recruiters warn today.
A survey of 226 top employers shows a 24.9% fall in vacancies – [...]

Employment prospects for next year’s graduates are likely to be just as bleak as those for the class of 2009, research shows.

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An inquiry to find out how many parents are “playing the system” to get their children into a school of their choice was ordered yesterday by the Children’s Secretary, Ed Balls.

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