There were more than 24,000 applications for graduate roles across the UK operations of PwC.
Professional services firm PwC has been inundated with more than 24,000 applications for graduate roles across its UK operations.
The firm said it had received an average of 66 applications every day for the 1,450 positions it has on offer in the current year.
In Scotland, the company said it had received more than 2,000 individual applications for 100 roles in its offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
This was 35% higher than the number of applications received last year and a record high overall.
Gaenor Bagley, head of people at PwC, said: “Despite recent concerns about levels of university applications falling, graduates still represent the lion’s share of all our student applications.
“Demand outstrips supply in the graduate jobs market, meaning students need to look at their degree as an investment, and do all they can to maximise the value from it.”
