Recent public sector cuts by the Conservative Government are more likely to hit female graduates harder them their male counterparts. This is not because more graduate employers are hiring men but rather that women are more likely to seek a career in the public sector after university.

About 60,000 of graduates, accounting for 28% of university leavers got jobs in the public sector in 2007/2008. Of these graduates, about 75% were women. Typical jobs in the public sector may include doctors, teachers and nurses. These public sector cuts will do nothing to help issues for the amount of graduates in employment six months after university. An estimated 20,000 graduates are yet to find work six months or more after university.

SOURCE: Channel 4