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The South African Graduate Recruiters Association (SAGRA) Graduate Recruitment Survey 2007 is based on responses from 54 of the largest graduate employers in South Africa.
The survey shows that while some industries – such as oil and petrochemical, commercial or retail banks, motor manufacturing, and chemical or pharmaceutical companies are planning to increase their vacancies by more than a third for next year, there are several industries including the legal sector, engineering or industrial and investment banking which expect no change or even a decrease in the number of graduate vacancies on offer. Accountancy or professional services firms, which provide over half of all vacancies in the survey, are set for a 4% increase in their vacancies for 2008.
Half of employers who took part in the survey confirmed that they had not filled all their vacancies for 2007 start dates by the time the survey took place in May 2007. The most common causes for this were a lack of applicants with the correct degree and applicants dropping out of an employer's selection process due to the length of time it took.
The key findings from The SAGRA Graduate Recruitment Survey 2007 are:
The SAGRA Graduate Recruitment Survey 2007 was carried out on behalf of The South African
Graduate Recruiters Association (SAGRA) by specialist student and graduate research company High Fliers Research. Research took place using an online questionnaire accessed via the SAGRA website. The questionnaire contained 31 questions about employers' graduate recruitment activities during the 2007 season, focusing on graduate vacancies and salaries, graduate recruitment marketing, graduate assessment and selection, graduate development and retention, and challenges in the marketplace.