It is hard to imagine a worse time to be entering the world of work. Youngsters leaving school and university this autumn will face competition from a good part of the class of 2008, who are still searching for jobs, as well as from more experienced workers who have recently been made redundant. Hiring freezes favour those already in work over would-be entrants. The most recent figures from Eurostat, the European statistics agency, suggest that youth unemployment, for many years low in Britain, is now higher than the euro-area average. According to the Association of Graduate Recruiters, its members expect to be taking on 5% fewer recruits this year than last, and starting salaries are frozen.rnSo rational youngsters are turning to delaying tactics, and sixth-form colleges and universities are seeing a boom in demand. Despite a demographic decline in the number of 16-year-olds, sixth-form colleges expect up to 35,000 more students this autumn than last. Applications to universities are up by 34,000, or nearly 8%.
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机译：很难想象会有更糟糕的时间进入工作世界。今年秋天离开学校的年轻人将面临来自仍在寻找工作的2008届毕业生以及最近被裁员的更有经验的工人的竞争。冻结工作比那些想进入的人更青睐那些已经工作的人。欧洲统计机构欧盟统计局（Eurostat）的最新数据显示，青年失业率在英国一直处于低位，多年来一直高于欧元区平均水平。根据毕业生招聘者协会（Association of Graduate Recruiters）的数据，其成员预计今年的招聘人数将比去年减少5％，起薪也被冻结。rn因此，理性的年轻人开始转向推迟战术，六年级的大学和学院正在蓬勃发展需求。尽管16岁的学生人数有所减少，但六年级的大学预计今年秋天的学生人数将比去年多35,000。申请大学的人数增加了34,000，即近8％。
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