International Career Advantage - Programme

16:00 Registration 16:30 Introduction 16:35 Position Yourself Locally 18:00 Networking Buffet 18:20 Launch Yourself Globally 19:30 Q&A 19:40 Summary & Closing Thoughts 19:45 Action Plan Exercise 19:55 Upcoming Events 20:00 Close

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GRADUATE LABOUR MARKET 2014

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ALREADY?

Write down three things you know about the UK labour

market

Write down three things you know about the graduate

labour market in Wales

GRADUATE LABOUR MARKET 2014

SOME MIXED MESSAGES FROM DIFFERENT

SECTORS

• SOME POSITIVE ASPECTS AND A GROWTH IN THE ECONOMY

• GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT STILL NOT BACK TO PRE 2007

LEVELS

Graduate Labour Market 2014

Outlook for graduates in 2014 is good. Recruitment

appears to be getting back to pre-recession levels

Prediction is 9% increase – 1,400 extra jobs

However, 80% of new jobs in the private sector were in

London. Big cities doing well, but vast regional variations

Most sectors are showing signs of recovery:

Consultancy, finance and service industries,

IT – mixed messages

Improvement for graduates from most science and

engineering disciplines High Fliers Report Jan 2014

Graduate Labour Market 2014

Graduates who have had no previous work experience at

all are unlikely to be successful during the selection

process and have little or no chance of receiving a job

offer for their organisations’ graduate programmes.

Over one third of positions going to graduates who had

already worked for the organisation

Competition remains intense - the leading employers

have received an average of 46 applications per

graduate vacancy

Salaries – static around the £19,000 to £22,000

• High Fliers Report 2014

Wales- Facts and Statistics

• Wales is an integral region of the United Kingdom and the

European Union and has a population of around 3 million.

• The greatest concentration of populations is found in the

South East and the North East. The largest city in Wales

is the capital, Cardiff. Alongside other major centres such

as Swansea, Newport and Wrexham

Wales – Facts

Wales has shifted away from heavy extractive and

manufacturing industries which shaped its past

Creative industries

Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)

Energy and Environment

Advanced materials and manufacturing

Life Sciences

Financial and Professional services

Food and Farming

Construction

Tourism Source. www.wales.gov.uk

Who are the large private employers in Wales?

25% of employment is in the Top 300 companies

in Wales

Top Ten

•Iceland Food Group Ltd

•Admiral Group Plc

•Dwr Cymru – Welsh Water

•Lloyds TSB General Insurance Ltd

•GE Aircraft Engine Service Ltd

•Celsa (UK) Holdings Ltd

•Dow Corning Ltd

•Calsonic Kansai Europe Plc

•Europe Plc and Alcoa UK Holdings Ltd

Source:Business in Wales.co.uk

Wales - Facts

• The Public Sector is by far the largest employer across all

Welsh Regions

National Assembly for Wales

• http://www.assemblywales.org/gethome/working.htm

Welsh Government

• www.wales.gov.uk/about/recruitment

• Civil Service

• Local Government

• NHS

Wales - Facts

• 99% of businesses in Wales are Small to

Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), employing

less than 250 people – and the majority of these-

micro-organisations (less than 10 employees)

• Many Recruit graduates

Wales - Facts

• Around a third of employers in Wales are graduate

recruiters, and this includes a range of small and

medium-sized businesses

• In Wales opportunities are not always so visible

• The vast majority of Welsh graduates do not take up

traditional kinds of graduate post in large companies but

go to a wide range of employment or further study

• Around one-third take jobs where their degree is initially

not seen as a requirement

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