Defence, medicine grads find work easily

(ANSA) - Rome, September 29 - The highest employment levels of Italian graduates in 2015 were found among those who had postgraduate qualifications in defence and security, medicine and engineering, national statistics office ISTAT said on Thursday.
    The rate of employment was 99.4% for those with postgraduate education in defence and security subjects, 96.5% for the same level achieved in medicine and 93.9% for an equivalent engineering qualification ISTAT said entry to the world of work was harder for literature graduates, with 61.7% of those with first level degrees and 73.4% of those with postgraduate qualifications finding employment.
    The statistics office also said that more than half of graduates are still working on short-term contracts four years after completing their first degree, while those with further education had more success at securing stable, long-term contracts.