Are graduate skills hitting the mark for top employers?

Despite some graduates struggling to find a position, top recruiters are still ‘falling short of recruitment targets’ according to a report by the Association for Graduate Recruiters, discussed on The Telegraph’s website.
Employers complained that some graduates lacked key skills although one respondent did say that “There’s a bit of panic out there so graduates are perhaps spending less time on their applications.” In the article, Carl Gilleard, chief executive of the AGR, says that he is still "cautiously optimistic for graduate recruitment in 2012” and that ‘employers do value graduates that have work experience and those students that have undertaken a year in industry as part of a four-year degree.” AGR also found the average starting salary to be £25,000 with a small rise expected in 2012. To maximise your opportunities in this year’s recruitment drive from key employers such as BAE Systems and Unilever, read the full article at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9036281/Third-of-companies-struggling-to-recruit-skilled-graduates.html