I am looking to recruit a graduate with an interest in data bases and manufacturing. This is initially a temp role with a view to a FT position if things work out. The job will be based on the Leeds ring road initial but will move to Bradford if it becomes full time. The money is not great but if anyone is interested please PM me.

Damo...?

Sounds a little dangerous.

Graduate?

University of Life,school of taking the p*ss.

The op sounds like he or she is after a cheap temporary dogs body

I am just looking to give a recent graduate who is willing to get stuck in an opportunity.

Very Saucy

This is the thing… it’s going to cost somewhere in the region of £74,000 to get my girls through uni and if this is the kind of job they’ll be expected to apply for when they’ve graduated you got to think to yourself “is it really worth it?”

Why do you need a graduate Sal? only asking as plenty of youngsters looking for that sort of opportunity who could do just the same job.

Personally, i think the fact you are advertising, and giving an opportunity for someone to get experience is a good thing by the way.

Bryn Hargreaves is looking for something.

Because it seems to be the minimum requirement nowadays?
People say that the students get brainwashed into thinking they will lead so much improved prosperous lives with 3 years of getting drunk under there belt, but at the same time, employers are now wanting graduates for every mundane job. Hence now why the young ones coming through feel they have to go to university, or it's shelf stacking at asda for 40 years. That is the university and governments fault for the brainwashing the young generation. (the lost Generation it will be labelled as in 50 years)

The crux of the matter is that there is just not enough real graduate jobs for the influx of people that go to university. Simple. So in that respect, you can't really blame any employer ring fencing a job opportunity for only graduates, as like I say, it's just a minimum requirement, and something as a country its a mentality we should get out of.

I really don't know why so many still want to go......oh yes I do, because a lot of them think/know they will never pay it back, so it's free education?

The more company's that change their opinion to that the better. I certainly don't look at whether someone went to Uni to take them on.

This. I was made to get a degree by my employers, day release. The part time students did about 2 hours more than us per week and didn't have a clue about the practical side. They expected to finish uni and get in a steady £40k job because that's what they'd been told they could do. Even if they had any brain cells and could get a job, there are certainly not any £40k jobs around in my industry for graduates anyway! I didn't learn anything of value whilst there - nothing I didn't know from learning on the job.

Employers need to realise that graduates are no more the finished article than school leavers and are often more easily moulded. Job experience far outweighs a learning how to write long essays.

It's a good job not all employers take this view. Rlfans would be dead on weekdays, were it not for those well-versed in the arts of slacking and timewasting. This type of talent requires nurturing and in this respect a university education cannot be surpassed.