There will always be competition for good jobs, even in areas with skills shortages, says Kavanagh. These include some areas of technology and, more notably, journalism and PR, where competition for jobs is fierce.
Another survey, this one from the Higher Education Authority , found the average full-time starting salary for the class of 2017 was €33,574. It’s likely this figure has risen somewhat in the intervening two years. “It can be hard to start off on high wages of €34,000-€40,000,” says Kavanagh. “Our surveys show that the current generation are aspirational, with 71 per cent prepared to accept a lower salary if they felt the employer was a good match for them, while 73 per cent felt it is more important to be fulfilled on the job and to identify with employers and what the employer is doing. They are pragmatic enough to know that it can be hard to find the right job.
“There are many graduate recruitment programmes which will be attractive to students,” says Kavanagh.At the time of writing and, most likely, time of publication, we don’t yet know the shape of Brexit. The impact of any Brexit, however, is likely to have different impacts on different sectors.
Any chance they'd work on a building site? Zero. There is no way we will sort the housingj issues, without people to do the work. Still no where near enough apprentices coming through the system.....
And the poor North remains tethered against their will to the sinking U.K.