20th July 2012 13:09
By Blue Tutors
Reasons to be the Best
If you are in need of motivation to work hard and get the best degree you can then you need look no further than a BBC News report yesterday (28/06/2012), which stated that the number of new UK graduates working in jobs like cleaning or bar work has almost doubled to 10,000 in five years, according to government statistics.
The figures, from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, also showed more than 20,000 were still out of work six months after leaving university.
Universities Minister David Willetts said graduates were still doing better than people without degrees. But more than ever before graduates need to get as good a degree as they possibly can in order too gain important advantages in the job market.
The figures showed 9% of new graduates were jobless six months after completing their degree in 2010/11.
This was the same proportion as the year before but almost double that for 2006/7 when the figure stood at 5%.
A further 5% were working in jobs such as labourer, courier, office junior, hospital porter, waiter/waitress, bar worker, cleaner or road sweeper - up from 3% five years ago.
So, when a coffee, or a pint sounds like more fun than your revision, remember that those extra marks, which may lead to a higher grade, just might be the difference between a graduate and a manual job.