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14 January 2013updated 26 Sep 2015 3:47pm

Graduates without work experience will be left out in the cold

Over one third of entry level jobs will go to graduates already involved with companies.

By Catriona Harvey-Jenner

Many soon-to-be graduates will be left without a job due to lack of work experience, new research suggests. High Fliers’ The Graduate Market in 2013 report, released today, declares that of all entry level vacancies available for 2013, over a third will go to those who have already completed internships or work experience for the company.

The toughest fields to get into without having experience are banking and law, it has been revealed. This may well be, but what happens when these internships are so fiercely competitive that they are practically impossible to come across?

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