Have you just graduated from college and hoping to bag your dream job? Well you might have to wait for months on end to see your dream come true.
A new study has found that half of new graduates taken them over six months to find professional employment since leaving university.
And you you think have found a job and acquired experience, you might have to wait just as long as new graduates to find a new job.
The study has also found that less than a fifth (17%) of experienced workers (non-grads) have stated that their job hunt has lasted up to six month.
In fact, the trend seems to have impacted their time at university – with 50% of graduates who studied post pandemic (2020-23) stating that they were unable to secure relevant work experience whilst studying, with a further 27% stating that what they found was only for a short-term basis (1-6 months).
According to findings from a recent poll conducted by staffing firm Walters People, those who have graduated in the last 12 months feel that their new graduate-status hasn’t earnt them much bargaining power on the jobs market – with 72% feeling that they don’t have ‘much of an edge’ on candidates who did not go to university.
A startling 45% of recent grads don’t think their degree has armed them with the skills necessary to be successful in the current jobs market – with almost 20% believing that work experience would have been more useful.
Findings from the Walters People research have established that the struggle to find a job is across the board from graduates – and not those from a select few university courses.
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