<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The success of higher education graduates’ transition to the labor market is analyzed in this paper. A series of representative factors which influence the success rate on the labor market were analyzed through an exhaustive case study among graduates from West University of Timisoara. The results show a high level of satisfaction amongst graduates, despite the high level (over 40%) of total incongruence (vertical and horizontal) between the degree’s field and the actual workplace. We can also assert that the graduates’ insertion in the labor market is a real success, since most of them are able to get a job in less than 6 months from graduation (58.5%), even more do so 12 months post-graduation (83.9%).</p></abstract>

The success of higher education graduates’ transition to the labor market is analyzed in this paper. A series of representative factors which influence the success rate on the labor market were analyzed through an exhaustive case study among graduates from West University of Timisoara. The results show a high level of satisfaction amongst graduates, despite the high level (over 40%) of total incongruence (vertical and horizontal) between the degree’s field and the actual workplace. We can also assert that the graduates’ insertion in the labor market is a real success, since most of them are able to get a job in less than 6 months from graduation (58.5%), even more do so 12 months post-graduation (83.9%).

The Integration of Higher Education Graduates on the Labor Market

European Review Of Applied Sociology

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The success of higher education graduates’ transition to the labor market is analyzed in this paper. A series of representative factors which influence the...

The Integration of Higher Education Graduates on the Labor Market

Online veröffentlicht: 21. Dez. 2019

Seitenbereich: 23 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2019-0008

Schlüsselwörter
graduates’ labor market entry, employability, job (mis)matching, job satisfaction, graduates' labor market success

© 2019 Gabriela Păcurariu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Integration of Higher Education Graduates on the Labor Market

Online veröffentlicht: 21. Dez. 2019

Seitenbereich: 23 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/eras-2019-0008

Schlüsselwörtergraduates’ labor market entry, employability, job (mis)matching, job satisfaction, graduates' labor market success

© 2019 Gabriela Păcurariu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
graduates’ labor market entry, employability, job (mis)matching, job satisfaction, graduates' labor market success