AGCAS cautions against "unrealistic expectations" on graduates
5 March 2008 17:08
The Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) has warned that graduates could be having unrealistic expectations placed upon them by recruiters.
AGCAS has warned that as recruiters may now have shifted their expectations of graduates to the point where they expect them to be 'finished products', with unrealistic expectations making it hard for organisations to find suitable candidates for the advertised roles.
Indeed, according to the organisation's Winter Review 2008, of those recruiters polled, 67 per cent believe they will find it difficult to find candidates for their advertised posts.
"There has been a major shift in what companies expect graduates to come out of university with and how prepared they expect them to be. It used to be that graduate training schemes were exactly that," said Elspeth Farrar, communications director for AGCAS.
In related news, the organisation has warned that a number of businesses use only the first two tiers of an undergraduate degree award as the benchmark standard for employing graduates.
AGCAS is a professional association, specialising in the field of higher education.
AGCAS has warned that as recruiters may now have shifted their expectations of graduates to the point where they expect them to be 'finished products', with unrealistic expectations making it hard for organisations to find suitable candidates for the advertised roles.
Indeed, according to the organisation's Winter Review 2008, of those recruiters polled, 67 per cent believe they will find it difficult to find candidates for their advertised posts.
"There has been a major shift in what companies expect graduates to come out of university with and how prepared they expect them to be. It used to be that graduate training schemes were exactly that," said Elspeth Farrar, communications director for AGCAS.
In related news, the organisation has warned that a number of businesses use only the first two tiers of an undergraduate degree award as the benchmark standard for employing graduates.
AGCAS is a professional association, specialising in the field of higher education.
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