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The Integration of Higher Education Graduates on the Labor Market

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  • Păcurariu Gabriela

    (West University of Timișoara, Faculty of Sociology and Psychology)

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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 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%).

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  • Păcurariu Gabriela, 2019. "The Integration of Higher Education Graduates on the Labor Market," European Review of Applied Sociology, Sciendo, vol. 12(19), pages 23-32, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:erapso:v:12:y:2019:i:19:p:23-32:n:3
    DOI: 10.1515/eras-2019-0008
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