General
Postgraduate enrolments soar as jobseekers wait out competitive market at university
Australians are enrolling in postgraduate university courses in numbers tipped to reach record highs.
Key points:
- Postgraduate enrolments at universities nationwide have spiked by as much as 26 per cent
- One graduate took on extra study after failing to land a job
- Higher numbers are expected to remain steady as the job market recovers from the recession
Max Kaplan hadn’t had any luck landing a job after completing his engineering degree at the University of New South Wales.
Throughout 2020, he applied for several jobs a week, but to no avail.
“It was a little bit crushing at times when I was facing rejection after rejection,” Mr Kaplan said.
“You go through five years of uni, a year of work, and still can’t find anything … it feels like you’ve…
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