AGR survey reveals employers 'still open for business'
A new survey published by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has revealed that many employers are still accepting job applications from graduates, despite a fall in recuiter confidence. A total of 124 graduate recruiters responded to the survey, all from a wide range of industry sectors including banking and financial services, law firms, and engineering and industrial companies.
Confidence snapshot
Four in five graduate recruiters said they felt either the same or slightly lower levels of confidence about the UK economy than they did three months ago. However, one third of employers surveyed said they were still actively seeking applications from graduates in 2009.
Carl Gilleard, AGR Chief Executive, said:
'It is really important that graduates coming into the market this year do not despair and assume that there are no jobs whatsoever out there. As today's snapshot survey shows, though there is certainly nervousness amongst recruiters about the impact of the recession on their business, not all have shut up shop by any means and a very significant number are still looking for bright graduates to take on.'
AGR has published a list of employers still actively seeking applications for graduate vacancies in 2009.
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Created on: 05 May 2009
Last updated: 09 June 2009