The Graduate Market in 2015
Summary • The number of graduates hired by organisations featured in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers rose by 7.9% in 2014, compared with recruitment in 2013, the largest annual rise in graduate recruitment for four years. • Last-minute increases in employers’ recruitment targets and a sharp rise in the number of graduates turning down or reneging on job offers meant that more than 700 graduate positions were left unfilled last year. • The UK’s leading employers plan to expand their graduate recruitment even further in 2015 with 8.1% more entry-level vacancies than last year, the third consecutive year that graduate vacancies have increased. • This substantial increase in graduate vacancies for 2015 takes graduate recruitment beyond the pre-recession peak in the graduate job market in 2007 and means that there will be more opportunities for this summer’s university-leavers than at any time in the last decade . • Employers in nine out of thirteen key industries and employment areas are expecting to take on more new graduates than in 2014. • The largest growth in vacancies is expected at public sector organisations , accounting & professional services firms , banking & finance employers , retailers and the Armed Forces which together intend to recruit over 1,200 extra graduates in 2015. • The largest recruiters of graduates in 2015 will be Teach First (2,060 vacancies) , PwC (1,570 vacancies) and Deloitte (1,100 vacancies) . • Recruiters have confirmed that 31% of this year’s entry-level positions are expected to be filled by graduates who have already worked for their organisations , either through paid internships, industrial placements or vacation work.
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