Finance graduate job seekers from Oxford University have expressed their views on the current employment market, highlighting issues such as discrimination and inequality.A survey of 450 students, conducted by the Oxford University Students Union (OUSU) and Careers Service, revealed perceptions of the social and personal benefits of various career paths, reports the student newspaper Cherwell.The [...]

Recruiters hiring people for finance graduate jobs have been urged to look beyond "arbitrary" academic qualifications, it has been reported.Chief executive of the Association of Graduate Recruiters Carl Gilleard told Personnel Today that 2:1 degree classifications are a "very crude tool" for assessing potential candidates, and said employers need to widen their screening processes."The difficulty [...]

Finance graduate job seekers with a master’s degree have been told that the qualification itself is not enough to secure them a job – they also have to get experience.Charlie Ball, deputy research director of the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (Hecsu), told the Independent that a postgraduate course will "not automatically solve your employment [...]

Finance graduate interns may be among the thousands of young university leavers who are being exploited by employers who are underpaying and overworking them, it has been reported.With growing numbers of graduates struggling to find work, many are becoming so desperate that they are working for free or even paying for the privilege, the Daily [...]

People in finance graduate jobs have been advised to "think like a marathon runner" in order to reduce their stress load and perform better at work.Adopting a marathon mindset, by way of starting up slow then picking up pace, is an effective method of reducing stress in the workplace, reports dnaindia.com.The findings were released by [...]

A mounting tax burden could be putting finance graduate jobs at risk, it has been claimed.Britain’s top finance directors, comprising the FTSE 100, have warned that increasing tax is threatening investment and job creation. The warning follows reports that the government took 56.6 per cent of the companies’ gross profits in taxes last year – [...]

Finance graduate job seekers are being confronted with a "bleak" situation when they leave university, it has been claimed.Speaking to the Journal, Leah Ganley, of pressure group Youth Fight for Jobs, said she was seeing record increases in people applying for university due to limited employment prospects."All normal revenues for employment are being closed off. [...]

Finance graduate jobs within government departments may be on the rise, despite the impending cuts on public spending, it has been revealed.The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is launching a new cross-Whitehall recruitment strategy with the aim of seeking up to 120 qualified and part-qualified finance professionals for 2010, reports the Public Finance magazine.Some [...]

Those seeking finance graduate jobs may be impacted by the proposed rise in National Insurance, which has led a number of organisations to start a petition.The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has joined forces with the likes of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) to call on small firms to sign a petition urging the [...]

People in finance graduate jobs expecting to get a pay rise this year may need to think again, following the results of new research.A study by uSwitch reveals that over 16 million people do not expect to get a pay rise at all this year. A further nine million anticipate receiving a rise below the [...]