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| IT Graduates Still in Demand A survey of 50 key organisations in the UK has found that IT graduate recruitment plans are still forging ahead for 2008. Results of the survey found that: • 94% said that the recent turbulence in the banking sector had made no impact on graduate hiring plans within this sector. • 56% planned to increase their graduate hiring numbers in 2008. • 36% planned to hold their graduate hiring numbers in 2008. • 8% planned to decrease their graduate hiring numbers in 2008. Comments from respondents included: "A lot of projects are still running and scheduled for 2008". "IT is a growing area of the bank and graduates are an excellent source of young talent". "We are moving into new solution areas where graduate recruitment is more appropriate so this is a new source of talent for us." Alex Farrell, Director at the IT Job Board Group said, "With the shortage of young people entering the IT industry, it is imperative that we keep a positive view of the employment outlook – especially within the banking sector. The results of this survey confirm our beliefs that it's still a strong sector from an IT perspective, and graduates are still very much in demand." write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Computing News :: home page |