Graduates struggling to distinguish themselves from other candidates in the ultra-competitive degree-level job market may want to consider a postgraduate degree after two students spoke of the benefits in a feature in the Guardian. Figures cited in the newspaper show that more than 270,000 graduates returned to university for a postgraduate degree in 2007-08. In addition, a recent paper published by the British Library and the Higher Education Policy Institute showed that, three and half years after graduation, some 94 per cent of postgraduates had found work in their desired professions. Jamie Esterkin, 23, from Manchester, who studied for a postgraduate degree in London, said: "Looking back I think it represented good value for money - the teaching was excellent and the course was interesting and varied. "Given the level of competition in law, I definitely think that my postgraduate degree helped to distinguish me from the crowd. Postgraduate courses are taught and examined in a very different way from undergraduate degrees and as they only last nine months, it's tough to judge the level you need to succeed."
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