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Graduating in uncertain times

The impact of Covid ‐19 on recent graduate career prospects, trajectories and outcomes

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ID21592443
AuthorsMichael Tomlinson (0000-0002-1057-5188, Southampton Education School University of Southampton Southampton UK, corresponding author), Florence Reedy (Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services Sheffield UK), David Burg (0000-0001-9021-6339, University of Greater Manchester), Damon Burg (University of Bolton Bolton UK)
Year2023
Volume77
Issue3
Pages486-500
Publication date2023-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHigher Education Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-5224 • E-ISSN: 1468-2273
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hequ.12415
OpenAlexW4312120325
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited15

This article examines the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic on recent UK graduates' initial employment outcomes and how they experience the transition into a challenging labour market context. We draw on longitudinal survey and interview data, collected from recent graduates who had mainly graduated during the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic in summer 2020 that examines graduate perception of the labour market, impacts on labour market entry impacts and early career progression and effects of periods of unemployment or under‐employment. The article shows some of the main impacts of the recent pandemic‐affected labour market, including: widespread concerns about job opportunities and employer support, the perceived employment impacts of the pandemic and early signs of scarring and labour market disorientation amongst those who were struggling to find employment of their choice. Such experiences are clearly intensified during the specific COVID‐19 context, but the policy implications they raise have wider relevance for supporting graduates during future periods of labour market volatility

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Labour economics · Longitudinal data · Pandemic · Perception · Political science · Sociology · Unemployment · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Higher Education and Employability · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine · Psychology

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