Don't go back to university, warn employers

Graduate salaries were frozen last year for the first time since records began and will also stagnate this year, a survey of major employers suggests today.

They said university leavers unable to find jobs should temp or do voluntary work rather than go on a gap year.

Too many unemployed graduates are returning to university to do pointless postgraduate courses that will not help their career, the findings indicate.

The twice-yearly survey by the Association of Graduate Recruiters(AGR) sought the opinions of more than 200 of the biggest employers including Boots, Shell, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Sainsbury and Barclays... read more

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