Shift towards graduate jobs in the labour market

A Skills and Employment survey by the Institute of Education has shown that the number of jobs available to graduates is at a record high, while the number of unskilled jobs on offer is at a record low.  The IoE research, funded jointly by the Economic and Social Research Council and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, surveyed 3,000 adults across the jobs market and found that 26 per cent of jobs are at a graduate level while 23 per cent are classed as unskilled.  These results show a significant shift in the UK labour market, while in the mid-1980s, more than three times as many unskilled jobs were available for school-leavers without any qualifications than graduate-level jobs: the shift towards skilled jobs is now at its fastest ever rate.   [ source Youth Connexions ]