Students have made a record number of applications for graduate jobs this year, with almost 40% applying early to beat the rush, a new report suggests.
The number of graduate job applications reached an all-time high of 343,000 in 2010-11, up a third from the year before, the study of 17,851 students at 30 UK universities revealed.
An unprecedented 37% of finalists made job applications last September or October. In total, 59% of finalists scrambled for places by March 2011, the study by High Fliers Research found.
