Careers of University Graduates: Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9789048174775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 280 str.

Ulrich Teichler

Opis

This book offers detailed comparative analyses of graduate employment and work, drawn from a survey of graduates in 11 European countries and Japan. The book shows how transition to employment, job assignments, employee assessments of the quality of employment and work vary by the graduates socio-biographic and educational background. It demonstrates more substantial differences in the relationships between study and subsequent employment between various countries than previous debates and analyses have suggested."

Spis treści

Ulrich Teichler: Graduate Employment and Work: Various Issues in a Comparative Perspective.- Brenda Johnston and Brenda Little: Socio-biographical Background and Educational Path.- Jake Murdoch and Jean-Jacques Paul: Study Content and Process, Competences Upon Graduation and Employment.- Jim Allen and Rolf van der Velden: Transitions From Higher Education to Work.- Trine Stavik and Clara Åse Arnesen: Early Career.- José García-Montalvo et al: The Employment Situation Some Four Years After Graduation.- Paul Kellermann: Acquired Competences and Job Requirements.- Osmo Kivinen and Jouni Nurmi: Job Requirements and Competences: Do Qualifications Matter?.- Jake Murdoch and Jean-Jacques Paul: Links Between Knowledge and Work and Appropriate Employment.- Gunhild Sagmeister: Early-Career Education.- Torgerdur Einarsdottir: 'On Different Tracks': The Gendered Landscape of Educational and Occupational Paths Amongst European Graduates.- Roberto Moscati and Michele Rostan: Regional Wealth, Employment and Mobility.- Volker Jahr and Ulrich Teichler: International Experience and Mobility of Graduates.- Egbert de Weert: Graduate Employment in Europe: The Employers’ View.- Harald Schomburg: Work Orientation and Job Satisfaction.- Ulrich Teichler: Confirming Conventional Wisdom and Contributing to New Insights: The Results of a Comparative Study on Graduate Employment and Work.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Teichler ist Geschäftsführender Direktor des Wissenschaftlichen Zentrums für Berufs- und Hochschulforschung der Universität Kassel.

Blurb

Graduates from institutions of Higher Education do not only hope to get employed and be better paid. Study can also have an impact on employment and work in many respects: facilitating transition to employment, opening up opportunities for demanding, interesting and responsible professional assignments, increasing remuneration and job security, providing opportunities for continuing learning and leading the way to international mobility and visibly international assignments. The book provides a series of detailed analyses of graduate employment and work in comparative perspective. It draws from the survey of graduates from 11 European countries and Japan first published in H. Schomburg und U. Teichler "Higher Education and Graduate Employment and Work" (Dordrecht: Springer 2006). In this volume, scholars from twelve countries show how transition to employment, job assignments, employment assessments of the quality of employment and work vary by the graduates’ socio-biographic and educational background. It also focuses on experiences during the course of study and competences acquired, international experience, regional background and regions of employment. It demonstrates more substantial differences of the relationships between study and subsequent employment between various countries than previous debates and analyses have suggested.