The impact of degree programme educational capital on the transition of graduates to the labour market

Piróg, Danuta

doi:10.1080/03075079.2014.914916

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“…The results showed that the majority of graduates were employed three years after graduation and that most had a job which matched their academic education. Graduates in the Rich and Limited evaluation groups did not statistically significantly differed in their employment situation which is in line with a recent study showing that self-assessments of competences were not related to graduates' work situations in terms of being employed or unemployed (Piróg 2016). However, despite the fact that no significant differences in employment situation were noted between the two groups of graduates, minor differences can be seen.…”

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Graduates’ evaluations of usefulness of university education, and early career success – a longitudinal study of the transition to working life

Tuononen

Parpala

Lindblom‐Ylänne

2019

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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Graduates' evaluations of usefulness of university education, and early career success -A longitudinal study of the transition to working life AbstractA successful transition from university to working life requires that graduates are able to employ their education and academic competences in real working-life contexts. Our previous research showed that graduates varied in how they were able to reflect on their competences at the time of graduation.The present longitudinal mixed-method study follows the same graduates and explores their evaluations of the usefulness of university education and career success, three years after graduation.The follow-up data consisted of 57 graduates' survey answers analysed by quantitative and qualitative methods. The results showed that graduates who were able to describe and evaluate more competences at the time of graduation perceived their current jobs to correspond more to their education. Graduates with more limited evaluations of their competences, on the other hand, had experienced more challenges related to employment and were more uncertain of their goals. The results also showed that having diverse competences and an ability to recognise them at the time of graduation is important for later career success and may also be related to what kind of challenges graduates face in working life. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

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Graduates’ evaluations of usefulness of university education, and early career success – a longitudinal study of the transition to working life

Tuononen

Parpala

Lindblom‐Ylänne

2019

Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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“…Employment chances, in the form of interview call-backs, were found to be statistically significant for graduates with high academic performance only if they had had internship experience; high academic performance on its own did not exhibit any statistical significance on such employment chances (Nunley et al 2016). Pirog (2016) also came to similar conclusions, i.e. the graduates' final grades did not have any statistically significant effect on employment outcomes.…”

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“…Recent empirical literature has focused on the link between academic performance/credentials with graduate employability/employment (Pinto and Ramalheira 2017;Figueiredo et al 2017;Nunley et al 2016;Pirog 2016). Using a resume-sifting experimental approach, Pinto and Ramalheira (2017) examined the effects of academic performance as one of the two key determinants on the perceived employability of Portuguese business graduates.…”

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“…Figueiredo et al (2017) is another recent Portuguese study using macro level data for the 2000-2010 period; they analysed the gap between academic competency and post-employment job competency. In another European study on the labour market outcomes of Polish graduates, Pirog (2016) looked at how different components of educational capital affect the graduates' employment chances; the graduates' final cumulative grade is a component of educational capital, along with the level of education, discipline of study, and internship components. In yet another similar resume-sifting experimental study, this time in the United States, Nunley et al (2016) analysed the impact of internship experience and the type of college majors on interview call-back (as a proxy to employment chances), for graduates with different levels of academic performance.…”

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Cubicles or corner offices? Effects of academic performance on university graduates’ employment likelihood and salary

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Lee

Lim

et al. 2019

Studies in Higher Education

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This paper uses a 2016/2017 sample of 1107 freshly minted university graduates from a public and a private university in Malaysia. Against a backdrop of an institutional setting very much different from that of western countries' and issues of high living costs and graduate unemployment, we analyse how academic performance affects graduates' employment likelihood, salaries, and salary distribution. Using quantile estimations, we find that academic performance is not a key determinant in whether or not a graduate secures a job upon graduation, and that having better academic performance would only be beneficial if the graduates are working in jobs at the lower half of the salary distribution. We fill the literature gap by analysing how academic performance affects new graduates in terms of where they are on the salary distribution continuum; such analyses are neglected in the literature.

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“…However, the young themselves can have an impact on several factors. Chances are higher for a job, person-job fit or professional success if the person selects a job for their interest and skills (Piróg, 2016). This statement calls attention to the importance of career orientation and career consultancy that should be started even from primary school.…”

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The situation of graduate employees on the Hungarian labor market

Cseh-Papp¹,

Szira²,

Varga³

2017

BEL

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Our paper presents the labor market situation of graduate career starter in Hungary based on empirical data (randomly distributed questionnaires of 202 employees). The objective of the research was to survey how this little segment of employees feels on the Hungarian labor market. According to our hypothesis studying and working represent a great value for the graduate career starters and also they are satisfied with their position obtained on the labor market. Despite the uncertain economic situation the results have justified out hypothesis according to which studying represents an outstanding value for graduate career starters and presumes their satisfaction on the llabor market. The examination, which is only part of complex research, was justified by the labor market situation of graduate career starters whose position cannot be described as 'smooth'.

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The impact of degree programme educational capital on the transition of graduates to the labour market

Cited by 27 publications

References 48 publications

Graduates’ evaluations of usefulness of university education, and early career success – a longitudinal study of the transition to working life

Graduates’ evaluations of usefulness of university education, and early career success – a longitudinal study of the transition to working life

Cubicles or corner offices? Effects of academic performance on university graduates’ employment likelihood and salary

The situation of graduate employees on the Hungarian labor market

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