STUDY ON CERTAIN DEMANDS OF THE LABOR MARKET FROM BACĂU REGARDING THE COMPETENCES OF UNIVERSITY GRADUATES Cover Image

STUDY ON CERTAIN DEMANDS OF THE LABOR MARKET FROM BACĂU REGARDING THE COMPETENCES OF UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
STUDY ON CERTAIN DEMANDS OF THE LABOR MARKET FROM BACĂU REGARDING THE COMPETENCES OF UNIVERSITY GRADUATES

Author(s): Venera-Mihaela Cojocariu, Doina Pascal
Subject(s): Labor relations, Higher Education , Sociology of Education
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: competences; employers; employability; labour market;

Summary/Abstract: The study aims to present the partial results of certain investigative steps undertaken in the Department of Professional Counseling aimed at knowing how representatives of employers relate to the quality of training of graduates from Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău. The observational, quantitativequalitative study involved the use of the methods of questionnaire-based survey and focus group. The investigated group comprised 15 employers of all employers attending the Conference on the presentation of the facilities offered by the state to employers and graduates, upon employment, an event integrated in the project Governmental facilities on the employment of graduates into the labor market (the main organizers being AJOFM Bacău/ the County Agency for Workforce Occupation Bacău, the Bacău Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău participated as partner). The collected and interpreted data enabled to: draw conclusions on how the participating employers appreciate the graduates' training; make suggestions on directions to improve the graduates’ training; shape future directions for action in order to optimize the relationship between the university and the labor market.

  • Issue Year: 20/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 85-106
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: English