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Career advice offered to graduates' parents

A new government guide offers career advice not to graduates, but to their concerned parents.

The guide's author, career advice expert Denise Taylor, explains that many parents remain interested in their children's success even after they are grown up.

In light of this, they have been given guidance on how to help their offspring prepare for the world of work and find competitive jobs - particularly during the recession.

The guide notes that graduates are less likely to lose their jobs during a recession.

Meanwhile, the last time the nation's economy underwent turbulent times, graduates were able to find work, although they may have been delayed in entering their first full-time jobs after leaving education.

Higher education minister David Lammy says: "Higher education is a long-term investment that pays back big dividends over a working lifetime."

This gives graduates a competitive edge in the jobs market over unqualified candidates "even in these difficult times", he adds.