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‘Like throwing myself at a wall’: UK graduates struggle in ‘insane’ job market

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Graduates share their struggles to secure their first graduate job in response to an online call-out by the Guardian .

Most UK students find jobs not long after leaving university with 61% of those who graduated in 2022 having gained full-time work 15 months later .

Just 60.4% of graduates living in England aged 21-30 were in “high-skilled’ work, while 26.4% ..

Employers on average received 86 applications for each graduate vacancy in 2023 , up 23% on previous year .

54% of employers said they found it difficult to recruit at least one of their graduate roles.

42% of university-educated workers outside London now work in a job that does not require a degree.