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'Government's 50% graduate target should be scrapped'
Recent university leavers looking for graduate jobs in banking and finance may be interested to hear that there is growing momentum against the government's target of getting 50 per cent of people under 30 into higher education. read more...
Graduates handed boost by jobs forecast
Recent university leavers have been boosted by the news that the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG's report on jobs showed that the growth of permanent staff placements grew in February. read more...
Recession recalculation could spell good news for graduates
Students who have recently left university and are looking for graduate jobs in banking and finance may be interested to hear that the Britain's climb out of recession in the final quarter of last year was stronger than first thought. read more...
Graduate scheme offers banking and finance opportunity
Those recent university leavers looking for graduate jobs in banking and finance may be interested to hear about an upcoming graduate recruitment scheme at a leading active asset management firm. read more...
Firms offer graduate job hunters reprieve
Recent university leavers who have been rejected at the interview stage of a graduate job in banking and finance may find their chances improving if after a year of taking stock they reapply to the same firm again. read more...
Santander to increase number of graduate jobs in banking and finance
Recent university leavers looking for graduate jobs in banking and finance have been handed a boost by the news that Spanish bank Santander aims to increase its intake of degree-level entrants. read more...
Graduates could see job chances increase after CEO optimism
Recent university leavers looking for graduate jobs in banking and finance may be interested to hear that a recent survey has shown that over one-third (42 per cent) of UK chief executives (CEOs) plan on increasing headcount over the next year. read more...
North-west to maintain PwC graduate recruitment
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the big four accountancy firms in the UK, will not reduce the number of graduate jobs it provides in the north-west in 2010. read more...
Finance firm Buckles creates graduate job opportunities
Buckles Investment Services, an independent financial advisory company, is set to push its business south next year, creating graduate jobs in the process. read more...
Lancaster University helps graduate entrepreneurs
A new scheme for former students at Lancaster University has been praised by skills minister Peter Mandelson for its achievements in helping graduates set up business enterprises. read more...