Almost three-quarters of the 201 firms that responded to an Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) survey said they would be taking on more school-leavers in 2014/15.
This compares to 68 per cent of companies in 2013/14 and nearly 55 per cent the year before.
Apprenticeships continue to be the most popular opportunities offered to school-leavers by AGR employers. A total of 47 per cent offered Apprenticeships last year and the figure is likely to rise to more than 51 per cent this year.
The number of companies offering Higher Apprenticeship programmes is also increasing, while more than a third of the companies questioned offer work experience for school-leavers.
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