Over at Personnel Today there's an interesting story about the lack of suitably skilled graduates to fill roles that graduate recruiters are actively seeking to help people into.
There could be numerous reasons for this, and there are also a few plausible theories - one being that because of the current job market, graduates are feeling the pressure and spending less time on their applications. One other interesting theory is that graduates may be looking for roles that "allow them a better work-life balance" and as such aren't applying in the same amount of numbers as previous years.
Of course, these are unusual times - and with unusual times often come unpredictable results. One story in HR magazine really stands out - that of Jaguar land Rover, who have reported a 61% increase in graduate applications since 2011 - attributable, believes their HR director, to the positive perception of thri organisation.
For SMEs the picture is in most cases a little different, since while graduaties apply for positions within SMEs, most aren't of asize where they're able to do the 'milk round' or offfer the same scale of graduate schemes as bigger firms. It could be though that the graduate scene is changing, with SMEs currently benefiting from the amount of graduates and the types of role they're seeking.
