Business Blog - November 2018

  • Gradsouthwest Recruiter Update November 2018

    Posted on Friday, November 16, 2018 by Gradsouthwest TeamNo comments

    In this November 2018 issue: Graduate Unemployment Rates ~ Good Things Come in Threes; Business Events, Funding Opportunites & Free Training ~ Record Registrations at Careers Fairs ~ News in Brief ~ Free Places to Exhibitors at the Big Careers Event. Lowest Graduate Unemployment Rate for Decades The latest What do graduates do? report by Prospects shows the unemployment rate for graduates (six ...

  • Vote for a new free service!

    Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2018 by Gradsouthwest TeamNo comments

    Vote for a new free service! We're getting lots of enquiries from students interested in short term paid internships, work experience and summer jobs. We currently advertise very few and believe that recruiters may be put off by the cost. To keep our service relevant to students, we're considering offering free job adverts for these types of vacancy based in the south west and want to assess the ...

  • Exhibit at the Big Careers Event for Free!

    Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 by Gradsouthwest Team1 comment

    FREE Careers fair opportunity for employers Connect with new industry talent at the Hartpury University and College Big Careers event on Tuesday 5 February 2019 in Gloucestershire. You’ll meet skilled and driven individuals, passionate about making a difference in agriculture, animal, equine, sport and veterinary nursing sectors. As one of the UK’s leading specialist education providers, our ...

  • Graduate Flows: Where do south west students and graduates end up working? Where do new graduate employees in the south west come from?

    Posted on Friday, November 2, 2018 by Gradsouthwest TeamNo comments

    Spoiler alert: the answer to both is the south west! It is often assumed that graduates are highly mobile and select their location of work after they graduate based on the best career options open to them. This is actually far from the truth – graduates really aren’t all that mobile. The latest data from HESA gives us an insight into graduate flows for the 2016-17 graduate cohort^. Let’s start ...