The graduate job market and top employers in 2022

If you're in your final year of study or have recently graduated, it's perfectly normal to be feeling both nervous and hopeful about the future. However, with the fluctuating economy being at the height of the news cycle, the disruption caused by Covid-19, and a couple of years of online learning for most, uncertainty has been at its peak. So what does this mean for graduates? 

While previous years painted a hazy picture, the rebounding job market has created somewhat bright prospects for young job-seekers. 

The Top 100 Graduate Employers report looks at the state of the workforce in Australia for university graduates. Published by the Australian Financial Review in partnership with GradConnection, also provides a ranking of 100 companies that recent graduates are most engaged with.

The report's introduction says that despite all the chaos of the last couple of years, we have arrived at a graduate’s market — it's actually employers who are being kept on their toes, working hard to both attract and retain talent. It states: ‘for many young people, the question they ask themselves is not so much, “Will I get a job? It is more along the lines of, “Where do I want to work?”’. The Gen Z workforce is one of values, purpose and contribution to society – ‘this is not the Wolf of Wall Street generation.’