Students ‘upset’ by interview treatment
More than 65 per cent of university students applying
for their first job were ‘upset by the way they were
treated by potential employers and shocked at their
poor graduate recruitment practices’, according to a
study published today.
The findings have emerged as students are con-
cerned there will be insufficient highly paid jobs to
satisfy the aspirations of a growing graduate popu-
lation.
The survey of more than 1,000 students, com-
missioned by GTI, the specialist graduates careers
publisher, found that most students were unwilling to
look beyond large employers. Only 9 per cent of stu-
dents were prepared to work for a smaller company,
even though “job opportunities and career prospects
could potentially be greater”, it said.
A separate study published last month by High Fliers
Research, an independent market research company,
reported only 36 per cent of university students
expected to find a degree-level job when they gradu-
ated this summer, compared with 49 per cent in 1998.