Students are you looking to stay on in Melbourne after you graduate? What are your future plans? We explain the job situation.
The Financial Times has just released on a report on the difficulties of finding work after graduation. The reporters did a small survey about four months after graduation and they spent many months analyzing this data.
At RMIT about 58% of graduates have difficulty in finding a job after graduation for Creative Arts. This indstry is slowly dying. Graduates in the psychology, science and communications field have had some difficulties in finding jobs even though they are well paid ones.
Melbourne is no better with 65% of graduates looking for psychology jobs after they graduate. Also Health sciences, languages and science graduates are having difficulty finding jobs. Science jobs is also hard to come by for VU graduates with about 65% of them still out there looking. Psychology and science at Latrobe is pretty similar with well over 50% of graduates looking for full time work. Swinburne says that 54% of graduates are looking for jobs within the Science sector but their IT sector is pretty good with only 35% of graduates looking for an IT job.
Latrobe's dentistry sector is pretty good with only 6% of graduates looking for jobs.
So what next for students?
"Its better to do some part time casual work whilst at uni" says Anna McCloud@Navitas at the latest AFIS info day. Danny Ong from Monash said the same thing, but he also stressed the point that volunteering helps you to get your foot in the door.
Anna also stressed the point that recruiters are now looking for candidates through Facebook and Linkedin. "Do start early and don't leave it to the last minute", she says. That advice is true as Sally has struggled to get a great job.
What are your tips for looking for a well paid job? Do share it below.
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| The Jobs market at the moment. Image courtesy of Adam Troyn on Facebook. |
The Financial Times has just released on a report on the difficulties of finding work after graduation. The reporters did a small survey about four months after graduation and they spent many months analyzing this data.
At RMIT about 58% of graduates have difficulty in finding a job after graduation for Creative Arts. This indstry is slowly dying. Graduates in the psychology, science and communications field have had some difficulties in finding jobs even though they are well paid ones.
Melbourne is no better with 65% of graduates looking for psychology jobs after they graduate. Also Health sciences, languages and science graduates are having difficulty finding jobs. Science jobs is also hard to come by for VU graduates with about 65% of them still out there looking. Psychology and science at Latrobe is pretty similar with well over 50% of graduates looking for full time work. Swinburne says that 54% of graduates are looking for jobs within the Science sector but their IT sector is pretty good with only 35% of graduates looking for an IT job.
Latrobe's dentistry sector is pretty good with only 6% of graduates looking for jobs.
So what next for students?
"Its better to do some part time casual work whilst at uni" says Anna McCloud@Navitas at the latest AFIS info day. Danny Ong from Monash said the same thing, but he also stressed the point that volunteering helps you to get your foot in the door.
Anna also stressed the point that recruiters are now looking for candidates through Facebook and Linkedin. "Do start early and don't leave it to the last minute", she says. That advice is true as Sally has struggled to get a great job.
What are your tips for looking for a well paid job? Do share it below.
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