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What do graduates do - East Midlands (Spring 08)
The East Midlands has also been hit by the reduction in manufacturing in the UK, with textiles, aerospace and the food industry joining the sector as important employers.
5.8% of graduates from 2005/6 who were known to be in employment six months after graduating were based in the region. The region has actually seen a small fall in real terms in the number of graduates starting work between 2003/4 and 2005/6, from 8,600 to 8,515, a fall of 1%. 8,860 graduates started work in the East Midlands in 2004/5, so this may represent a temporary fall and not a long term trend. The percentage of graduates in non-graduate occupations also fell from 40.7% to 38.3% between 2003/4 and 2005/6 (see Table 1 and SOC(HE)).
| 2003/4 | 2004/5 | 2005/6 | |
| Traditional graduate occupations | 10.7% | 11.4% | 11.1% |
| Modern graduate occupations | 11.4% | 12.3% | 12.4% |
| New graduate occupations | 15.4% | 15.9% | 15.8% |
| Niche graduate occupations | 21.9% | 22.4% | 22.4% |
| Non-graduate occupations | 40.7% | 38.0% | 38.3% |
The numbers of graduates starting work in the region peaked in 2004/5, with numbers entering management (particularly retail), education (largely primary school teaching) and health (particularly physiotherapy and occupational therapy) roles all higher than in 2005/6 (Table 2). Many other common occupations for graduates also peaked in 2004/5 and fell back in 2005/6. The proportion of graduates entering the arts and recreation -with graphic design, broadcasting and sport coaching prominent - and entering engineering – largely in mechanical and aeronautical engineering - went up between 2003/4 and 2005/6. However, the number of junior doctors, sports coaches, nurses, social workers, graphic designers and mechanical engineers starting work six months after graduating all increased year-on-year in the region.
The region also employed a higher share of graduates from 2005/6 as officers in the Royal Air Force, aeronautical engineers, industrial designers, buying and purchasing officers, clothing designers and vets than its share of national employment would suggest
| 2003/4 | 2004/5 | 2005/6 | |
| Marketing, Sales and Advertising Professionals | 4.1% | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Commercial, Industrial and Public Sector Managers | 10.2% | 11.2% | 10.1% |
| Scientific Research, Analysis & Development Professionals | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Engineering Professionals | 3.8% | 3.7% | 4.0% |
| Health Professionals and Associate Professionals | 13.0% | 13.2% | 13.1% |
| Education Professionals | 6.4% | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| Business and Financial Professionals and Associate Professionals | 5.8% | 5.5% | 5.4% |
| Information Technology Professionals | 3.7% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
| Arts, Design, Culture and Sports Professionals | 4.6% | 4.7% | 5.5% |
| Legal Professionals | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Social & Welfare Professionals | 3.5% | 4.0% | 4.1% |
| Other Professionals, Associate Professional and Technical Occupations | 5.0% | 5.3% | 5.5% |
| Numerical Clerks and Cashiers | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.4% |
| Other Clerical and Secretarial Occupations | 12.4% | 11.1% | 10.0% |
| Retail, Catering, Waiting and Bar Staff | 8.7% | 8.8% | 9.7% |
| Other Occupations | 13.6% | 12.6% | 13.6% |
| Unknown Occupations | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Like most regions outside London, the health sector was most important in 2005/6 as an employer of new graduates (Table 3), with junior doctors and nursing dominating the destinations. The retail sector employed significant numbers of managers, pharmacists and buying officers, as well as non-graduate sales staff.
| Employment sector | Percentage of graduates |
| Health and social work | 18.3% |
| Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 12.7% |
| Education | 11.7% |
| Finance, law, consulting and related activities | 10.5% |
| Public administration and defence; social security | 8.9% |
41.6% of graduates from 2005/6 known to be working in the region six months after graduating were employed by SMEs. Graduates from 2005/6 working in the region were rather less likely to have found their job through employment agencies or personal contacts, and more likely to have responded to a newspaper advertisement.
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