News articles in the Graduate Labour Market community
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2012-05-11
Scottish graduates resilient
Graduates from Scotland's universities are showing resilience in the jobs market despite real challenges facing all young people, according to a graduate employment briefing released by Universities Scotland.
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2012-05-11
New website explores London graduates' outcomes
The Careers Group, University of London has released a public website showing what happened to graduates after leaving universities in London. Aimed at those considering entry to higher education, teachers, parents, pupils and current university students, What London Graduates Do shows the occupation, employer and salaries of graduates over the last five years.
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2012-05-09
TARGETjobs Breakfast News: Apprenticeships
TARGETjobs' Breakfast News this month focused on apprenticeships. The event took place in London on 26 April 2012.
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2012-04-27
Graduates have reasons for optimism - despite recession
The graduate labour market is holding up well compared to the last quarter of 2011, according to university careers and employability professionals. Responding to the regular vacancy survey carried out by AGCAS, 80% of heads of careers services said that, in their experience, the graduate labour market was more buoyant (35%) or the same (45%) in the quarter ending 31 March 2012 when compared to the last quarter. 60% said it was more buoyant (50%) or the same (10%) compared to the same period last year.
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2012-04-26
AGCAS at the NUS conference
AGCAS Director and Company Secretary, Sue Spence, also Careers Adviser at the University of Huddersfield, represented AGCAS at the NUS conference held in Sheffield in April. Sue was a panellist on the conference's Global Employability Panel, a fringe event organised by NUS International Students' Officer, Christina Yan Zhang.
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2012-04-24
Are careers services and students' unions working closely enough?
The National Union of Students (NUS) conference is taking place this week. With employability high on student agendas, it seems like a good time to reflect on how well careers services and students' unions are working together.
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2012-04-18
AGCAS Diversity Task Group: an update on activity
The AGCAS Diversity Task Group was formed in April 2010 to explore, share and develop good practice in relation to the diverse needs, backgrounds and aspirations of a varied client group. During this time, the group has focused on a range of ways to develop services and resources.
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2012-04-12
Business network for SMEs wins AGCAS award
The Norfolk Network was announced as the winner of the AGCAS Award for Excellence in Careers Service Engagement at the 2012 TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards ceremony on 4 April.
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2012-04-12
Graduate Labour Market Task Group: Update April 2012
The Graduate Labour Market Task Group (GLAM) met on 21 March 2012 with very full updates from HESA, HEFCE, BIS and HECSU. GLAM now requests comments and observations from AGCAS members about particular issues that arose around SOC coding and new job roles during the recent collection, together with specific enquiries about the future use of JACs codes.
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2012-04-03
National Careers Service for England
A new National Careers Service, which promises improved access to careers advice in England, is to be launched this week. The launch follows last week's publication of statutory guidance, which restated the importance of quality-assured careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) in schools. The government says the service will provide 'information, advice and guidance on careers, skills and the labour market, covering further education, apprenticeships and other types of training and higher education through a mix of face-to-face interviews, a telephone helpline and web-based services'.