Graduates should use every contact they have.

With competition for graduate jobs intense with 48 applications per job,every contact can help you find that vital job.

There is a bright futures network in swansea.

Taking a few risks like ringing people up to ask for a job can be worth it.

New scientist graduate job guide

The new scientist has done a scientist graduate job guide, which can be downloaded digitally and includes tips etc to find that vitual job.

local authorities graduate schemes

Various local authorities run their own graduate schemes, including

Birmingham city council
Newnham
tower hamlets

University help for graduates seeking jobs

Manchester Metropolian University is running a free 3-week scheme called TalentPlus for graduates to sharpen their job seeking skills,they are then either matched to an employer in a paid or unpaid work placement or helped to start their own business.

Alternatives to normal graduate employment

Because of the economic situation, many graduates can't find normal jobs, you could pop either to my other blog http://waystoboosttourincome.blogspot.com or similiar website for ideas.

You could innovate like Alex TEW who did a pixel ad site.

Graduate job vacanies

Most sectors are down but graduate engineering jobs are up by about 8%.

Language jobs for graduates

Multilingualvacanies.com has 45 graduate jobs

Nordicgraduatejobs lists jobs for those speaking danish,finnish,norwegian and swedish,mainly IT
Toplanguagejobs.co.uk has over a 100 multilingual graduate jobs.

I will search for more such jobs.