Utility Job Opportunities Up in the UK

The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) publishes a biannual survey of the graduate jobs market in the UK.  The most recent Summer survey found that overall job vacancies had dropped by 25%.  Almost all sectors were down,  but, bucking the trend, vacancies in the energy, water and utilities sector rose by  7.1%.  The latest survey surveyed 226 graduate recruiters in the UK across 15 sectors who will employ a total of 12,650 graduates in 2009. The research was carried out in May and June 2009.

In the last Winter survey, overall vacancies dropped by 5.4 % with the fiancial sector particularly hard hit. However, vacancies in the engineering sector were up by 8.3 %.