February 2008  Welcome, this month your questions have been answered!  What do graduates really want?  Do students enter university without thinking what job opportunities or salary their chosen course will bring?  What career can graduates earn more than $100,000 in their first year?  We also look at the latest survey of the top 100 global business schools, what incentives are set to lure teachers to remote schools and what welfare benefits post-graduates will soon be eligible for.  Read on to recognise your opportunities... With so many great offers and incentives out there right now, graduates you'd be mad not to start your career search today!                      Graduates Give China and India Top Marks Business schools in China and India have topped the rankings in the Asian section of the latest survey of the top 100 global business schools...                       FULL STORY Students Hit Uni Without Vision: Survey Six out of ten people believe students enter university without thinking what job opportunities or salary their chosen course will bring, a survey has found...                       FULL STORY  $355 Welfare Bonus for Graduates POST-GRADUATE students will be eligible for welfare benefits for the first time this year after the federal Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, approved 310 masters degrees for which students can claim $355 a fortnight...                       FULL STORY  Students of all Ages are Really all Alike Graduates want further training, interesting work and flexible hours that allow them to balance their jobs and personal lives, regardless of whether they belong to generations X or Y...                       FULL STORY Incentives Will Bring Top Teachers The relative failures affecting students in the mainstream pale in comparison to the absolute educational failures diminishing the life prospects of thousands of students in remote indigenous communities...                       FULL STORY Bright Futures for Class of '08, Uni Places Offered Australia's skill shortage is believed to be behind a massive swing of up to 20 per cent towards engineering and nursing degrees...                        FULL STORY  LAST MONTH: Right Chemistry Missing Industry faces huge problems recruiting scientists, and it is a worldwide problem, writes Kirsten Lees...                       FULL STORY Accountancy Facing Staff Exodus Overseas The accountancy industry, already struggling to balance its employment books, is facing an exodus of young accountants with thousands planning to travel overseas in the next two years...                       FULL STORY  Aussie Games Graduates Snapped Up Australian and international game development and gaming companies last night vied for the services of Australia's first game developer school graduates...                       FULL STORY  Uni Graduates Fare Better in Retirement YOUNG adults hoping to retire comfortably will improve their chances by going to university and saving towards their superannuation now, a report has found...                       FULL STORY   Employers Concerned about Graduates Skills: Report A new report has recommended making skills like communication and problem-solving a mandatory and assessable part of university degrees...                       FULL STORY ARCHIVES: Sowing the Seeds of Future Success Websites such as MySpace have redefined a generation, and HR needs to keeps up with how young people communicate and work.  Margaret Kubicek finds out how to catch recruits young...                       FULL STORY   The McFarlane Exit Interview This is the third and last instalment from an exit interview with John McFarlane, managing director of ANZ who retires from the bank at the end of September after 10 years at the helm of the company...                       FULL STORY  Why Business Must Learn to Engage With Universities When KPMG recruited more than 500 graduates from Australian universities last year it reflected that KPMG was one of the universities' most important customers...                        FULL STORY  Training and Development a Top Priority Training and development are perceived as more important than salary, suggests a survey of graduates...                       FULL STORY   Miners Taking Workers from Other Sectors Workers in the mining industry have no trouble finding jobs, although the booming resources sector in Western Australia is taking workers from other sectors, says the latest employment data from online employment website.                           FULL STORY  IT Firms Seize Fresh Pickings in Graduate Recruitment Drive The first quarter of this year has barely entered the realm of recent history, and already, IT companies are clamouring to secure the next wave of freshly educated talent for their 2008 workforce...                       FULL STORY  A Sunny Hiring Season for Job Seekers It's recruiting season and the forcast looks sunny for job seekers, so long as they're talented and willing to work at landing employment...                         FULL STORY The National Careers and Employment Expo BE SEEN, BE HEARD, BE THERE!  The National Careers and employment Expo brings careers, employment and training opportunities to the general public by connecting organisations with thousands of career minded...                          FULL STORY  IT Firms in Search of Grads Competition for technology graduates has accelerated as security firms join banks, consulting firms and other companies in stepping up graduate hiring plans...                                     FULL STORY  Shortage in Graduate Jobs Advertised Having completed a recent survey of graduates currently looking for the first step on the corporate ladder, Graduatejob's found that one of the main problems a university graduate faces is finding a job when they complete..                        FULL STORY Jobs for Graduates Having a university degree remains a strong indictor of success in the Australian job market...On the way up; the future looks bright for those with degrees in dentistry, engineering and optometry...                           FULL STORY