The drain in brains, falls mostly in...East Anglia
October 22, 2007 11:39 AM
For some time now Jobsite has been busy building a profile of the UK's future graduates, so we can better help them with their first steps into the world of work.
Working with our friends at the Student Room, the UK's largest student community, we recently surveyed 3,500 students to understand ambitions, aspirations and most importantly where and how they intend on building their careers. The research revealed some startling findings.
Close to one in three (30%) current students, equivalent to half a million UK graduates, are planning to move to London after graduating in search of better jobs and higher salaries. Across the UK, East Anglia is the worst hit with just 28% of students staying in the region whilst Newcastle was the least affected, with many students choosing to stay in the region to build their careers.
We believe that this talent migration could have a significant knock on effect in other cites, particularly as it's the most ambitious and brightest graduates who are most keen to make the move.
In reality however, skilled university leavers are in high demand across the country with high growth employment in many areas outside of London such as Manchester and Bristol that students should consider. At the same time employers and local governments need to do more to promote and attract home grown talent and encourage students to look beyond the traditional lure of London.
At jobsite alone, we have nearly three thousand graduate jobs currently advertised on Jobsite spread across the country. Whilst, across the total job market a steady 5% of jobs are graduate positions - whether based in Bristol, Newcastle, Manchester or London.
The launch of our survey seems to have struck a cord with many media, educational institutions and employers, and is currently being debated in a series of forums from the CIPD to E-University so keep a look out for it!
If you're a student, graduate, employer or other interested party, it would be great to hear what you think of the research findings and what challenges you anticipate this presenting, if any.
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I am new to Jobsite and have enjoyed your Facebook application.
Unfortunately our work policy blocks us from facebook now. This is unfortunate as we are blocked to a lot of your links to Face book .
Not living in the UK Face book gave me the opportunity to contact a load of ex family and friends. I have just tried your job link on Facebook but it is blocked by my work (what a downer) so will have to remain stick to Jobsite home page.
Paula - November 12, 2007 1:54 PM