Caitlin Morgan describes the emotions of an employment hunting trip of 18 months after graduating from Swansea University
After requesting more than 600 jobs, the Caitlin Morgan University Graduate almost wanted to give the job.
Just when it was demotivated, the persistence of the 23 -year -old was rewarded since she was sacrificed from a job as an accounting in practice after her 647th request.
But after 18 months of employment hunting, Caitlin wondered if going to college for four years and obtaining a title was Werth.
The latest investigations of the Student Employment Institute show that the competition for postgraduate roles is in a “high record”, since estimates suggested that there were 1.2 million applications for 17,000 postgraduate vacancies last year.
Configuring the objective of sending two requests per day, Caitlin was immediately rejected 150 times without comments and did not receive a response from 271 another 271 applications.
She said: “I put so much effort in my applications and so much time that when I heard of them that I asked me what made my application not worthy of comments.
Caitlin completed a year in the industry as part of his title of finance and accounting at the University of Swansea and hoped would help her stand out when requesting roles.
Instead, it has a spreadsheet full of rejections that date back to September 2023.
“I worked hard for my title and I had experience, so I was thinking, was it worth it?
“There was a period in which I felt completely demotivated and did not believe in going to university or obtaining titles.”
Caitlin believes that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by companies as part of their filtering process could be a reason why it did not go far in some applications.
She initially said that her CV was not written in a way that could be read through a curriculum detection program called ATS (applicants monitoring system), where AI Lee CVS.
“I was receiving straight rejections while after adjusting it, sometimes they would invite you to an evaluation after requested,” said Caitlin.
“If I had known that from the beginning, that would have helped me with my other applications.”
He reached the evaluation stages for 221 of the roles he requested and had five final interviews before getting a job.
The latest data estimates received an average of 140 applications for each postgraduate work available in 2024.
The Student Employment Institute spoke with 145 companies that hired almost 40,000 new students and the body said the applications were the highest for 30 years, an increase of more than 50% of 2023.
The figures showed that for financial roles such as those that Caitlin requested, an average of 188 applications for each role was submitted.
After months of uncertainty after graduating last year, Caitlin has been offered his first degree work and will move home in Tintn, Monmouthshire, to London, a apprentice counter in September.
Getty images“It was exactly what I wanted and is offering all the courses I want to do in finances,” he said.
“I wish it had happened a little faster.”
Although Wales has the highest proportion of graduates in the United Kingdom workforce, the group that repeats universities believes that the demand for postgraduate levels will grow by 2035.
“While we recognize that the current labor market presents real challenges for many people, the research shows that a title continues to increase the profits of a lifetime, professional perspectives and personal development,” said a spokesman for Wales Universities.
“The university sacrifices a transformative experience that not only benefits people, but also strengthens our communities and economy.”
Thousands more students now prepare to follow Caitlin’s steps this summer.
Huw Williams is preparing to begin his role as Welshman of the Student Union of the University of Bangor for 12 months, before returning to education next year.
“I think I will request to be in a teacher training course in history, a professional career that has always interested me,” said the 21 -year -old.
While Huw knows how he looks next year for him, the future is not so clear for his graduate partner of Bangor Alaw Simpson.
The 21 -year -old returns home in the nearby Anglesey, where he hopes to find her first postgraduate job.
She said: “I want to go from education and try something different.
“It is a concern because it can be very difficult to find professional works these days.”
Recruitment experts have said that many employers now focus on personal attitude and behavior.
“Obtaining your first job after education is the biggest step because you may not necessarily have much experience,” said James Fortnam or Robert Half Recruitment.
“I think there is a lot of noise with employers with a large number of applicants for an opportunity, so it is really spread for customers to reduce that.
“It is really important that applicants adapt their CV to the opportunity.”
Fortnam has said that some companies use technology to help evaluate the skills of applicants.
“Companies will use software tools to match someone’s curriculum with work,” he said.
“Because they won.
