How are new overseas graduates faring in the labour market?

Based on data from the Graduate Destination Survey, we look [at] how the outcomes of graduating overseas students compare with those of Australian students, and how these outcomes have changed over time. The recent experience is that the proportion of overseas graduates in full-time employment is about 30 per cent of the proportion of Australian graduates in full-time employment. Furthermore the employment of overseas graduates is split reasonably evenly between those with jobs in Australia and those with jobs in their home countries. All up we are talking about 15 per cent of overseas graduates obtaining a full-time job four months after graduation. This suggests that the overseas graduates are struggling in the labour market. Associated with this very low proportion of overseas graduates in full-time employment we have seen very large percentages going on to full-time study, at over four times the rate of their Australian counterparts in management and commerce, for example.

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