Graduate vacancies to rise by 10.2% in 2014
3 February 2014
Graduate vacancies are set to increase by 10.2% in 2014, according to a recent survey from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).
Mon, 3 Feb 2014Graduate vacancies are set to increase by 10.2% in 2014, according to a recent survey from the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).
With business confidence and growth predictions beginning to improve, employers look set to increase their graduate recruitment levels this year, following an increase of 4.3% in graduate vacancies in 2013.
Sectors predicted to see a growth in vacancies this year include IT & telecoms (40%), public sector (20%), energy (18%), and banking & financial services (16%).
For the first time, the AGR winter survey also looks at school-leaver recruitment programmes, finding that 54.7% of members – employers who have traditionally concentrated on graduate recruitment – are currently active in the schools market.
Stephen Isherwood, AGR chief executive officer, says: “Given the upturn in the economy, and the slight increase in graduate vacancies recorded last year, we’d expect employer predictions to be fairly buoyant for the year ahead; so an expected rise of over 10% is welcome news.”
In other graduate recruitment news, BAE Systems has announced it is set to recruit more graduates to their cyber and security unit than any other part of its UK business.
Of the 287 graduates being recruited by the company in the UK in 2014, around 120 will join BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.
The recruitment drive will help the Applied Intelligence business’s clients tackle the global rise in digital criminality during the year, as fraud becomes increasingly cyber-enabled.
David Garfield, managing director, Cyber Security at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, says: “The new employees will work on the most exciting and advanced IT systems in the sector and advise clients on managing cyber risk.”
With business confidence and growth predictions beginning to improve, employers look set to increase their graduate recruitment levels this year, following an increase of 4.3% in graduate vacancies in 2013.
Sectors predicted to see a growth in vacancies this year include IT & telecoms (40%), public sector (20%), energy (18%), and banking & financial services (16%).
For the first time, the AGR winter survey also looks at school-leaver recruitment programmes, finding that 54.7% of members – employers who have traditionally concentrated on graduate recruitment – are currently active in the schools market.
Stephen Isherwood, AGR chief executive officer, says: “Given the upturn in the economy, and the slight increase in graduate vacancies recorded last year, we’d expect employer predictions to be fairly buoyant for the year ahead; so an expected rise of over 10% is welcome news.”
In other graduate recruitment news, BAE Systems has announced it is set to recruit more graduates to their cyber and security unit than any other part of its UK business.
Of the 287 graduates being recruited by the company in the UK in 2014, around 120 will join BAE Systems Applied Intelligence.
The recruitment drive will help the Applied Intelligence business’s clients tackle the global rise in digital criminality during the year, as fraud becomes increasingly cyber-enabled.
David Garfield, managing director, Cyber Security at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, says: “The new employees will work on the most exciting and advanced IT systems in the sector and advise clients on managing cyber risk.”
