Graduate unemployment at highest for over a decade

One in five UK university leavers who entered the labour market failed to find a job last year, as graduate unemployment reached its highest level since 1995, government figures show.

Graduate jobs are up this year - but there are more people competing for vacancies

The Office for National Statistics data showed graduate unemployment had nearly doubled during the recession.

The figures are from the third quarter of 2010.

It follows research suggesting a rise in graduate opportunities took place towards the end of the year.

The figures showed that graduate unemployment had risen faster - from 10.6% to 20% - than unemployment for the UK as a whole (5.2% to a high of 7.9%).

Another post about graduates in the labour market in 2012 in our blog. 

Further reading: 

BBC News, (2011). Graduate unemployment at highest for over a decade. Available at: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12286264> [Accessed 25 April 2013].