Only 59% of 2009’s output of UK university graduates have secured work, according to data released recently by the UK’s Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU).
But, while this is said to make “dismal reading”, Gradcracker says the situation for engineering students has been better than for other disciplines though the organisation says it is too soon to tell how the Class of 2010 will fare.
Gradcracker, a careers website for students, had 101 employers listed at the start of November.
Of these, 79 were actively recruiting and 22 had temporarily halted recruitment. A significant number are energy-related and familiar to Energy’s readership. They include Acergy, Amec, Aquaterra Energy, Atkins, BP, Centrica, E.ON, EDF, ExxonMobil, Maersk, National Grid, npower, Saipem UK, Schlumberger, Scottish & Southern Energy, Shell, Technip, Wood Group and WorleyParsons; also consultancies Atkins and GL Noble Denton.
Students can search Gradcracker by specific engineering discipline and the latest report suggests that electronic and electrical students could find 67 employers with open graduate programmes and 38 employers with work placements.
Other disciplines show a similar pattern. Mechanical engineers could find 88 employers, 69 with open graduate programmes and 36 with placement opportunities. Budding computer and systems engineers will find 54 employers, 47 with graduate programmes.
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