1 in 3 graduates doing non-graduate jobs is a massive waste of talent, says TUC

Commenting on the latest graduate employment figures published today (Tuesday), which show that over one in three (33.8%) graduates are doing non-graduate jobs, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said:

“There are simply not enough quality jobs for young people leaving university.

“Far too many graduates are being forced take on roles which do not make the most of their talents.

"If we don’t create better opportunities for younger people in the labour market, we will not be able to build the highly-skilled workforce we need to boost productivity and compete on the global stage.

“And if the UK votes to leave the European Union, the knock-on impact to the economy would mean even fewer decent jobs for graduates.”

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- The full statistics are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/graduate-labour-market-statistics-2015

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