Graduates faring well in jobs market, poll finds

COLLEGE graduates are faring relatively well in the increasingly restricted jobs market, one university’s findings have indicated.

While national unemployment rates are approaching 12%, just 8% of almost 2,300 people who were available for work after graduating from National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) in 2008 were seeking employment.

The research was carried out this year, between six and nine months after participants qualified with primary degrees, with 62% of those surveyed responding.