The provided bar charts compare the destinations of graduates and postgraduates who did not enter full-time employment after leaving college in the UK in 2008.
Overall, it is clear that the huge number of graduates and postgraduates either continued their study or took part-time jobs, while relatively few did voluntary work or remained unemployed. In addition, the total number of graduates were considerable higher than that of postgraduates
Regarding graduates, part-time job ranked second, with around 17.735 people, while voluntary work was the least common option, attracting only approximately 3.500 people. Additionally, about 29.665 students continued their studies, becoming the most popular option of the destinations of them. Also, about 16.235 graduates were unemployed.
Turning to postgraduates, further study was also the most common option, with about 2.725. This was followed closely by part-time work , at around 2.535 students. In addition, about 1625 postgraduates were unemployed, and voluntary work remained the smallest figure, at about 345 students.
