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Study shows graduate recruitment up in some sectors

The cosmetics industry is set to increase recruitment of graduates by 12.9 per cent over the next year, results of a new survey have revealed.

Research conducted by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) also discovered that the pharmaceutical and food sectors will be taking on graduates at a similar rate.

Recruiter reports that the engineering industry will increase recruitment by three per cent while figures will rise by two per cent for lawyers.

Despite this, it is thought that for the first time since 2003, job vacancies for graduates will fall.

Carl Gilleard, AGR chief executive, said: "While no one doubts the seriousness of the current economic downturn, the picture for graduate recruitment, though worrying, could be bleaker."

By using an online recruitment agency, graduates may find they are advised on the firms they are most likely to settle into, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation believes.