Graduate Carreer Tracking as a Research
Program
Zsuzsanna Veroszta PhD
Educatio Public Services Non-profit LLC
CEDEFOP Study Visit
Researches
Country-wide sample surveys
Integration of public agency databases
Regular Institution-based surveys
Regular employer surveys (private sector)
International research programs, cooperation
Students expectations
Questions
-
Is participation in higher education only an investment (human
capital theory – or other motivations)?
-
Are students realize their possibilities on the labour market?
Students expectations
Advantages expected from graduating
(Frequency of selected aspects - the two most important)
7837 participants
Avoid unemployment
44.41%
High salary
43.17%
Social prestige
28.30%
Management positions
27.03%
Flexible, more relaxed life-style (postmaterial values)
32.40%
Find employment abroad
21.54%
0.0%
5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0% 45.0% 50.0%
Expectations by study fields
(Differences from the average)
Avoid
unemployment
Agriculture
Humanities
Economics
Information technology
+
-
Law and administration
Technical
Arts
Medical and life sciences
Teacher training
Social sciences
Natural sciences
+
+
+
-
High Social
Management Flexible
salary prestige positions
lifestyle
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
+
Employment
abroad
+
-
+
+
+
Students expectations and the reality
Income expected by students and provided by graduates
Graduates: Average net income per month by study fields 3 years after graduation (Ft) (2010)
Students: Expected net income per month by study fields after few years of (Ft) (2009)
200,000
180,000
160,000
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
Expected income (students)
Provided income (graduates)
Graduates on the labour market
Questions
- What does success mean?
- Is graduation an advantage? (Graduated unemployment, income)
- Overeducation/leaving the profession?
- On the labour market with Bachelor degree
Graduate success
Dimensions of
success
Determinants of
success
Demographic
background
Social background
Environment
Career
Stability
capital
capital
Older age cohort,
children
High income in
family
High income in
family
Low educated parents
Foreign language
Foreign language
Foreign experience
Educational
background
Additional training
Field of study
Information
technologies
Profession
Professional
connection in family
graduated in
University degree,
prescribed time
interest-based choice of
study field
Graduated in
prescribed time
No foreign experience
Foreign language
Professional experience
Law and
administration, teacher
training, medical and
life sciences
Finding a job
Average time of finding a job after graduation (among job seekers) by the field of study
(N=2371, months)
Natural sciences
5.78
Agriculture
4.32
4.28
4.1
3.89
Teacher training
Social sciences
Humanities
Technical
3.28
3.27
3.12
3.03
Information technology
Law and administration
Economics
Medical and life sciences
2.41
Total
3.54
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Income
Average net income per month among active graduates, 3 years after graduation, forint, 2010, N=2691
Average net income per month in Hungary among active population, Central Statistical Office, 2010,
white collar workers/blue collar workers/total, forint
CSO blue collar
CSO white collar
CSO Total
Graduates total
Economics
Law and administration
Information technology
Technical
Medical and life sciences
Humanities
Natural sciences
Social sciences
Teacher training
Agriculture
96,600
171,800
133,500
136,102
163,966
152,347
150,562
145,243
121,962
121,556
116,133
115,190
109,472
122,339
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
160,000
180,000
200,000
Leaving the profession
Proportion of horizontal mismatch among graduates 3 years after graduation by field of study
(Based on self-declaraction, N= 4341)
Agriculture
23.90%
Natural sciences
22.50%
Social sciences
20.70%
Humanities
19.20%
Teacher training
17.80%
Technical
14.10%
Economics
11.10%
Law and administration
6.20%
Information technology
6.10%
Medical and life sciences
5.30%
Graduates total
14.40%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
Horizontal matching among BSc graduates
To what extent is your main work activity related to your qualification?
(One year after graduation, based on self-declaraction, %, N= 6421)
Total
14
One-cycle 1 5
Traditional college
8
Bachelor
38
71
24
17
10%
27
32
31
19
0%
29
23
17
Traditional university
Not at all
20
20
20%
30%
To a small extent
45
29
40%
50%
32
60%
70%
To a great extent
Az egyes várakozások említési gyakorisága, százalékos megoszlás, N=7835
80%
90%
Completely
100%
Income of BSc graduates
Annual gross income of graduates by type of the study program
(Among active graduates, one year after graduation, Euro per year, N=5250)
Traditional
Traditional
university
college
(N=2022)
(N=1789)
8884
11958
7099
10231
Bachelor
(N=1294)
Arithmetic
mean
One-cycle
Total
(N=145)
(N=5250)
9327
10166
10254
7099
8143
7726
Median
From school to work
Learning/working after graduation by type of the study program
(One year after graduation, N=9464)
Total
16.8
One-cycle
11.4
Traditional college
15.5
6.2
15.4
Bachelor
16.6
0%
14.9
71.1
18.7
Traditional university
52.8
8.3
10.6
10%
work and study
11.4
57.3
15.7
60.2
13.8
28.7
20%
30%
39.2
40%
only study
50%
60%
only work
15.5
70%
none
80%
90%
100%
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