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Congruence Of Educational Outcomes With Labour Market Demand From Higher Education Graduates' Perspective

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  • Gabriela Negoiță

    (West University of Timisoara, Romania)

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This paper aims to emphasize the impact of the educational process on graduates' transition into the labour market. It is explored the matching/mismatching between skills supply and skills demand for higher education graduates entering the labour market. An online graduate survey was conducted exhaustively to bachelor's degree graduates at a large western Romanian university, returning 856 valid responses. The study had a longitudinal character, being applied in two stages, 6 months and 12 months after graduation. Analysing the matching of educational outcomes with labour market demand turns out that only theoretical skills were provided to students above the labour market demand. Also, the results highlight that the graduates' job satisfaction increases proportionally to the degree of congruence between the studies completed and the job held.

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  • Gabriela Negoiță, 2022. "Congruence Of Educational Outcomes With Labour Market Demand From Higher Education Graduates' Perspective," Research & Education, Weik Press SRL, issue 6, pages 27-45, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:aai:journl:y:2022:i:6:p:27-45
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    Keywords

    educational outcomes; labour market demand; skills matching; graduates’ career path; job satisfaction; higher education;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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