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.

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…