Despite more graduates than ever before entering the market, graduate recruiters often struggle to find candidates with the appropriate technical skills for employers, reports Recruiter. Carl Gilleard, chief executive of the AGR, agrees that graduates recruiters have to up their game in response to continuing shortages in some areas. However, he says another important issue is whether the drop in graduate opportunities identified in the AGR survey is the beginning of a permanent shift in the market. Gilleard says it is too early to say whether this year’s introduction of tuition fees in England of up to £9k has led employers to focus more on school leavers for fear of missing out on a growing talent pool of young people put off university by the prospect of huge debts. “I imagine that very few will do a straight switch and stop taking on fewer graduates in favour of 16-18-yearolds,” says Gilleard.
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