The 42 – Michelle Hennessy
“THOUGH IT LOOKS as though companies are, in a general sense, more open to hiring new graduates and paying them a little more money than before, they also appear to be expecting a lot from them. A survey by GradIreland has shown a sizeable leap in the number of firms predicting they will have challenges filling their graduate positions. The biggest problem for them, they say, is in finding people with the right skillsets. The good news is, the number of companies citing this as a challenge is down considerably from last year – a drop from 74% to just over 52% this year. The same can be said for struggling to find candidates with the right qualifications.”(more)