Unsurprisingly, graduates hoping to enter the workforce after the worst recession since 1945 have had their career options limited. Figures released today by The Higher Education Careers Services Unit (Hescu) confirm this. The percentage of graduates out of work in January this year has risen to 8.9 per cent. Under further examination the figures reveal that some courses have better employment prospects than others.
Students with degrees in geography and psychology fared better than average, with unemployment rates of 7.4 per cent and 8.3 per cent respectively. The discipline hardest hit was information technology, with 16.3 per cent of students who graduated in 2009 out of work.
Media-studies graduates were also struggling, with a jobless rate of 14.6 per cent, as were those entering construction and engineering, particularly within architecture and building, mechanical engineering and civil engineering (10.9 per cent, 11.8 per cent and 11.9 per cent respectively). Those students contemplating University should use this report to help them decide which degree courses lead to the best job prospects.
Read the Full HESCU "What Do Graduates Do?" Report
