http://www.thejournal.ie/majority-of-employers-now-want-graduates-with-21-degree-or-higher-144395-May2011/MOST EMPLOYERS ARE now seeking graduates with a 2:1 honours degree or higher and cite a lack of communication and writing skills in new recruits as being two of the “serious shortfalls” in graduates, according to a new survey.
Gradireland, a graduate careers service, surveyed 79 leading employers including almost all of the major accounting and consulting companies in Ireland as well as well known brands such as Intel, Diageo, Marks and Spencer and Facebook.
The survey found that 51.4 per cent of employers now insist that graduates they intake must expect to receive a 2.1 or higher when they graduate from university or college.
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