Pandemic graduates face reduced job chances

The latest Graduate Outcome Survey found tha overall unemployment for graduates stood at 8.1%, almost double the rate recorded for graduates in the previous survey in 2018.

The first wave of pandemic graduates left college with reduced employment chances and fewer opportunities to see the world, a survey by the Higher Education Authority has confirmed.

The latest Graduate Outcome Survey gives a snapshot of the lives of college-leavers nine months after they departed third level education, highlighting broad-ranging trends on earnings, employment and travel.