Nearly 70 applicants for every graduate job in UK - Management Today

Life has got even tougher for graduates this year: new research by the Association of Graduate Recruiters reveals that employers are expecting to hire nearly 7% fewer graduates in 2010, after a drop of nearly 9% last year. As a result, when this year's crop of university leavers apply for jobs, they'll be competing against 68 other people in exactly the same boat - more than twice as many as two years ago. Given the general climate, perhaps that’s not surprising.