Tag: Grad students

  • University Graduates faced with unemployment amid Covid-19 economic downturn

    University Graduates faced with unemployment amid Covid-19 economic downturn

    University graduates are at risk of unemployment as they graduate into a job market where supply exceeds job demand.  This comes as Australia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 7.5% in July 2020, making it the highest jobless rate since November 1998 as reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.  University graduates have become increasingly…

  • Job prospects for Australian university graduates are declining

    Job prospects for Australian university graduates are declining

    According to research conducted by the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University, the job prospects for new university graduates are steadily declining. The research found that between 2008 and 2014, the number of new graduates in full-time employment dropped from 56.4 per cent to 41.7 per cent. Adjunct Professor, Dr Tom Karmel said that when…