The bar charts illustrate the preferred career destinations of UK graduates and postgraduates in 2008, excluding full-time work. Overall, most of them chose further study to develop their career, while the least of them did voluntary work.
As can be seen at the destination of the UK graduates chart, further study was the most common choice, nearly reaching the peak with 29,665 individuals. Next came part-time work, consisting of 17, 775 graduates who felt it difficult to get a job due to the competitive society. Unluckier than them, a significant number remained unemployed, reflecting the rising job standard as university degrees became more common. In addition, voluntary work was the final choice with around 3, 500 graduates.
Turning to the other chart, same with destination of the UK graduates, further study and part-time work was the first and second ranks of choice for UK postgraduates. But more seriously, unemployment had a significant rate, standing at 1,625 individuals. Voluntary work became less common than the first chart, including 345 postgraduates.
In conclusion, further study and part-time work were the most common choice for both graduates and postgraduates, while the number of unemployment was a concern about rising job standards.