{"id":15855,"date":"2022-04-20T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T19:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fuse-recruitment.ap.applyflow.com\/3-reasons-why-hiring-graduates-in-2022-won-t-be-easy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T01:04:07","slug":"3-reasons-why-hiring-graduates-in-2022-won-t-be-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuserecruitment.com\/blogs\/3-reasons-why-hiring-graduates-in-2022-won-t-be-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"3 reasons why hiring graduates in 2022 won’t be easy"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might give graduates a chance, but will they give you one?<\/p>\n

Investing in young talent has its obvious benefits. They are tech savvy, their tertiary studies have taught them to work well to deadlines, and they are predisposed to learning as they have freshly come out of a learning environment. Here are 13 more benefits of hiring grads <\/a> .<\/p>\n

Graduate employment is integral to ensuring young professionals are ready to be the leaders of the future. Unfortunately, it\u2019s becoming increasingly difficult to secure young talent.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s why and what you can do about it:<\/p>\n

Why is graduate employment becoming increasingly challenging?<\/h2>\n

The obvious culprit \u2013 COVID-19<\/h3>\n

For 2 years, international students had not been able to enter the country as easily as they had before. The international student population in Australia was 738,107 in 2019. This year, the population was 422,095.<\/p>\n

According to Prosple <\/a> , parent company of GradAustralia, the domestic student population seemingly stopped growing in 2017 \u2013 two years before the pandemic. The graph below shows a projection of the university student population in Australia.<\/p>\n

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With fewer students graduating than previous years, graduate employers will need to get creative about their strategies for winning top talent in a smaller pool of candidates.<\/p>\n

Hiring activity is projected to increase<\/h3>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a steady increase in new employers entering the market for graduates. In Australia there are more than 800 large graduate employers and over 400 in New Zealand,\u201d says Sam McDonald, Enterprise Partnerships Manager at Prosple <\/a> .<\/p>\n

A recent survey contacted by the Australian Association of Graduate Employers found that 56% of employers were planning to hire more graduates in 2023 than in 2022.<\/p>\n

On a broader scale, the recruitment difficulty rate in Australia has peaked at 68% across the board.<\/p>\n

As a preference, graduate jobs are secondary<\/h3>\n

A quick search on google trends shows that the term \u201cgraduate jobs\u201d has decreased in interest since 2012.<\/p>\n

McDonald suggested multiple factors that played into the decline, which includes reasons why students are discouraged from applying for graduate jobs:<\/p>\n