Graduates and school leavers face a tough labour market, according to the Chartered Institiute of Personnel and Development CIPD/KPMG Labour Market Outlook report.

The report shows that just 17% of employers plan to hire 16-year-olds leaving school in the quarter, while a third plan to hire school leavers at eighteen. 

Less than a half of employers plan to hire university leavers and 45% and 54% of the private and voluntary sectors respectively are not planning to hire young people.