Why can't graduates get jobs?

[rov1200]

Employers are crying out for workers from overseas to fill their vacancies because they cannot find them in the UK. Is it the fault of our education system or what?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11652845

[LoftyLottie]

Sqad

"The degree now has totally been devalued except in certain traditional subjects and I eel sorry for those that have worked hard in difficult degree courses to be "lumped" together with the rest of the "degree" attainers."

Me too!

[woofgang]

and me...I am actually a "diplomate" as when i qualified, we were given a diploma not a degree..I know for a fact we worked longer and harder than my friends at Uni. When they changed it to a degree qualification, we were offered the opportunity, for more study, and an exam and a hefty fee, to "upgrade our diplomas" I wrote back to the Uni in question and told them where to stick it.....of course this was when I was young and dinosaurs stalked the land instead of just running the NHS.

[society]

Everyone wants more for less.

[woofgang]

except weight put on for food eaten :-)

[Sqad]

woofgang..;-)

[woofgang]

Sqad... I am having that kind of day

[jaydah]

We dont want our kids down the pit (thats for EE), we want them to be graduates with all the (SS ?) benefits, debts from £10k+ and ranked above working class.

Apprenticship colleges are now Uni's and few parents want their precious 16y kids slaving at apprenticeships. They can't see the bigger picture of a qualified apprentice and am glad I'm not paying uni costs !

[rov1200]

Maybe its all down to cost. Even Lloyds Bank is getting workers on the cheap.

///One union source said that 'a good few hundred' British IT workers at Lloyds had already lost their jobs as a result of shipping over foreign expertise.

The source added: 'They (Indian nationals) are coming over here on a more permanent basis to work at Lloyds.

To make matters worse, the bank's British IT contractors were told they must accept a 15 per cent pay cut, or leave.

Lloyds, which rescued rival HBOS at the height of last year's banking crisis, admitted it is bringing overseas workers to Britain. It also admitted to cutting rates for existing contractors by 'up to 15 per cent'.

A spokesman said: 'We continue to outsource areas of IT work to companies based overseas.

'At any one time some of the staff from these companies will be based in the UK to deliver aspects of our IT projects.

'We monitor all of our projects and keep a close eye on quality and delivery.'///