Careers of University Graduates Views and Experiences in Comparative Perspectives /

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 assignme...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Teichler, Ulrich. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Higher Education Dynamics, 17
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5926-1
Table of Contents:
  • Graduate Employment and Work: Various Issues in a Comparative Perspective
  • Socio-biographical Background and Educational Path
  • Study Content and Process, Competences Upon Graduation and Employment
  • Transitions From Higher Education to Work
  • Early Career
  • The Employment Situation About Four Years After Graduation
  • Acquired Competences and Job Requirements
  • Job Requirements and Competences: Do Qualifications Matter?
  • Links Between Knowledge and Work and Appropriate Employment
  • Early Career Education
  • “On Different Tracks”: The Gendered Landscape of Educational and Occupational Paths Amongst European Graduates
  • Regional Wealth, Employment and Mobility
  • Graduates' International Experience and Mobility
  • Graduate Employment in Europe: The Employers' Perspective
  • Work Orientation and Job Satisfaction
  • Confirming Conventional Wisdom and Contributing to New Insights: The Results of a Comparative Study on Graduate Employment and Work.