The Labor Market, Employability and Entrepreneurship in the Romanian Public Sector

Abstract

The issue of employability and the development of entrepreneurship presents a real challenge, given that today’s labor market is highly dynamic. Projections made for the next twenty years indicate important changes. The present study capitalizes on a research carried out in the Romanian academic environment, within three universities. The sample included students and employers from the public sphere. Our research reveals that the services available in three Romanian universities are developing in two main directions: one concerns working with students and developing their skills to become attractive on the labor market. Another direction is one that mediates between the academic world and the business environment. The results obtained through our research capture the policies and services of higher education in order to better train students and increase their employment opportunities. The options and expectations of students regarding the insertion on the labor market are contrasted to those of employers. This is the only way we can think of functional and flexible models for educating future employees in order to be able to face the new challenges of the labor market.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education: A Systematic Bibliometric Literature Review

“…Second, it is central to enhance social and environmental problems, while emphasizing existing policies related to entrepreneurship and ensuing entrepreneurial skills, so to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. This, therefore, will maximize the impact of entrepreneurship on society, the environment, and the circular economy [48,60,61].…”

“…Third, it is paramount to understand the purpose of innovation concerning business in terms of circular economy, along with offering incentives that could comprise, for example, monetary rewards linked to sustainable outcome measures, to encourage sustainable behavior [60]. Some even suggest a research agenda to identify the incentives for a circular economy in terms of better educated and employed people in a more decentralized production system, able to optimize the full potential of a circular economy [62][63][64].…”

Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education: a Systematic Bibliometric Literature Review

“…Second, it is central to enhance social and environmental problems, while emphasizing existing policies related to entrepreneurship and ensuing entrepreneurial skills to develop entrepreneurial mindset. It therefore maximizes both the impact of entrepreneurship on society, environment and circular economy [47,59,60]. Third, it is paramount to understand the purpose of the innovation with respect to business, in terms of circular economy, along with incentives that could comprise for example monetary rewards linked to sustainable outcome measures, in order to encourage sustainable behavior [58].…”

How Gender, Culture, and Economy Influence Field of Study Preferences in Higher Education: Exploring Gender Gaps in STEM, AHSS, and Medicine among International Students

“…In the current study, we adopt an integrative approach that combines micro-individual and contextual factors to analyze the academic choice of the international students who study in Romania at the University of Oradea. Romania provides a fascinating milieu to examine higher education gender disparities as it faced noteworthy social and economic changes from the fall of communism in 1989, which affected both the educational system and the labor market [40][41][42]. Furthermore, Romania has the highest ratio of female to male graduates (0.80) in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among the European Union countries (EU average is only 0.52) [43], a fact that questions some of the common assumptions related to higher education gender segregation.…”