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Education plays a major role in the labour market. According to Eurostat, higher levels of education are typically associated with higher employment rates and greater lifetime earnings.
However, for many recent graduates, finding a job can still take time. Competition is intense. In the UK, for instance, employers received more than 1.2 million applications for just under 17,000 graduate vacancies in 2024, according to the Institute of Student Employers (ISE). This means each graduate position attracted an average of 140 applications.
This marks the highest level of competition in more than three decades, since the ISE began collecting such data in 1991.
So, how are employment levels among recent university graduates across Europe? And which countries offer the best job prospects for young people entering the labour market?
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