“A quarter of graduate employment vacancies have disappeared, the fierce competition for each job has grown more intense, and the dire situation will not improve next year, recruiters warn today. A survey of 226 top employers shows a 24.9% fall in vacancies – a slump in recruitment levels not seen since 1991, during the last recession. The fall is much steeper than the 5.4% dip companies predicted in a similar poll in February …” (more)
[Anthea Lipsett, Guardian, 6 July]