One, tear your hair out. Two, contact us at Graduate Coach.
The first option is one that many parents succumb to when it dawns on them that their graduate son or daughter is unlikely to get a job any day soon.
If you’re such a parent the first thing to understand is that it’s not your offspring’s fault.
He or she is the victim of circumstances, as the saying goes, beyond their control.
And the circumstances are these: universities are turning out graduates at a rate of knots, at the last count, 2.5 million a year.
At the same time, the number of jobs suitable for graduates is diminishing, year on year, from 25,000 per month in 2019 to just 12,500 per month in 2023.
The hard truth is that unlike in your day, a university degree isn’t an open sesame into a graduate-level job. This is where our second option comes in. Contacting us at Graduate Coach.
Britain’s leading career-coaching company
At Graduate Coach we are regarded as Britain’s leading career-coaching company with a nigh-on 100 per cent success rate at guiding graduates into graduate-level employment. Take last year for example. We hit an all-time record. We helped 54 of our students into their dream jobs. And we could do the same for your son or daughter. View it as an investment, not a cost.
Like all successful services, Graduate Coach training comes at a price. But we always urge parents to regard the price as an investment, not a cost. What’s more, an investment that pays the priceless dividend of a guaranteed job on completion Yes, that’s right. We guarantee that any graduate who takes part in our six-stage training programme a graduate-level job at the end of it.
Moreover, it will be an investment that will reward you, and your son or daughter, with peace of mind. Imagine the relief you will feel knowing that following as short a period as four months after enrollment your offspring could be starting their working life. Imagine, too, the boost to your son or daughter’s confidence, after months, perhaps years of hunting for a job, of being finally able to see a goal that’s attainable and in sight.
Beats tearing your hair out, doesn’t it?
Four ways we are a good investment
One, your son or daughter will get a great job. It will be in a role fit for a graduate and in 90% of cases it will be in an industry they are suited for and enjoy. The other 10% will move into better jobs over time as it’s easier to land a job from another job than if you are unemployed.
Two, your son or daughter will have acquired several life-long skills; for example, how to give a presentation, conduct in-depth research into a company and its competitors, how to talk about themselves in an unselfconscious manner, but perhaps most importantly, they will have gained immense self-confidence.
Three, we are able to talk to grads in a way that their parents find difficult or even impossible. We know the modern-day job market inside out, and like coaches in any field, when to encourage and when to admonish. We can be spoken to in confidence at any time by both parents and grads.
Four, grads who sign up to our six-stage programme can opt for ongoing career mentoring. We like to support grads as they climb the job ladder, helping them achieve high-salaried positions, often within two to three years. We give them mentoring advice to help them negotiate pay rises, when to move jobs and when to stay put, how to deal with a toxic boss, and in fact every aspect of their careers.
12 weeks versus 21 months.
Only one in four graduates manage to land a graduate-level job, and even they take an average of 21 months to do so. Compare that to the average time taken for alumni of Graduate Coach, which is 12 weeks.
Another couple of averages you might care to hear about are these: our grads start on an average of £25,000 a year and are earning an average of £40,000 or more after two years. You may also want to look at Trustpilot and Google. You’ll see we have 150 five-star reviews.
Thinking about taking things further?
You should start by calling us on +44 (0) 20 7014 9547 to register your interest. Our founder and managing director Chris Davies will call you back to discuss matters. This is free of charge.
Your son or daughter will then be invited into our offices in London’s Victoria for a face-to-face consultation or, if getting here is difficult, offered a video call with the same purpose. This is also free of charge. We will then present you with a bespoke coaching plan.
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