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Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary - central and institutional program -
Modernisation of Higher Education, PLA in The Hague, 8-10 March, 2010.
Tamás Horváth dr. Pál Veres, PhD Paszkál Kiss, PhDexpert
Educatio Nonprofit Company
professional adviser
Ministry of Culture and Education
vice-dean for education
Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Education and
Psychology
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Overview
1. Higher education and labour market in Hungary
2. Graduate tracking system: objectives and institutional scheme
3. What should be traced?
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Higher education and labour market in Hungary
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Graduates in the labour market• Graduates’ career opportunities have worsened, especially
among freshly graduated:– longer term of the job-seeking– no labour needs in certain fields: e.g. law, business, communication
• But:– need for labour in other fields: e.g. engineering– Salaries are significantly higher for graduates (highest diff. in EU)– varying needs of the labour market: some skills become more
important (communication, foreign language knowledge)
• Unemployment rate among graduates is lower, approx. 3-5%, (average 10%)
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Will you find a proper job in your profession in 1-2 years?
absolutely yes29%
yes, likely54%
don't know3%
absolutely no2%
not likely12%
Source: Student Survey 2009,
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
HE and labour market • Government actions / provisions
– introducing the Bologna system– compulsory professional internship (3-6 months)– establishing ‘Financial Boards’ supervising HEIs
• Institutional actions– formalising labour market relations (EC, Magistrate)– joint degrees (internship, sandwich training, integrated industrial
training)– joint development projects (R&D)– Career Offices: career counselling, employment agency, alumni– Graduate Career Tracking Program
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Graduate tracking system: objectives and institutional scheme
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Internal and external contextsInternal •training and service development: labour market feedback•marketing: competitive advantage in entrance exam competition•part of quality assurance•information for career orientation ("what is the value of degree like?)•alumni programmes, labour market connections (sponsorship opportunities later).
External•Act on Higher Education : "Higher education institutions shall fulfil the tasks in career tracking, in which they shall monitor the labour market situation of graduates.„
•institutional accreditation
•3-year financing agreement with government
•external application sources
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Motives to GCTS*
• Government (sectorial) motivation:• information on graduates availability and labour demands, • feedback to carrier orientation,• performance indicator of institutional output, • feedback for curriculum development.
• Institutional motivation: • quality assurance, • institutional development, • marketing, public relations, • carrier counselling. * Graduate Career Tracking System
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Tracking system at central and HEI levels•support HEI projects:
provide the standard of tracking systems, helpdesk, conferences, handbooks
•central services: national surveys, database, communication (web)
Educatio Nonprofit Company ~ 2M euro,
(15.05.2008-15.10.2010)
Establish or improve graduate tracking system: surveys, institutional background, external and internal communication
30 projects of HEIs, total 16M euro01.2010-12.2010)
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Implementers of the program within HEIs
49%
16%
11%
8%
7% 2% 7%
Career office Student advisory office Department of institutional research
Office of studies Department for quality assurance External company
Other
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Developing institutional model
Empiric research 2. Large sample:
graduates, motivational
"road-show" to size updemands
Domestic practices
International practices (OECD countries)
International and domestic professional literature
Exploring the situation Institutional GCTS model development
Handbook,
institutionalAPPLICATION
requirement spec.
•know-how - web•good practices•case studies•conference•GCTS booklets
Institutional GCTS monitoring
training, help-desk
Professional supportfor institutionaldevelopments
monitoring,assessment
May 2008 November 2008 April 2009 October 2009 February 2010 May 2010
25-30 ("AUDITED") INSTITUTIONAL GTS
PREPARED ON THE BASIS OF
UNIFIEDMETHODOLOGYEmpiric research 1.
(focus group, regional-pilot)
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3 pillars of the institutional model1. Methodology of the survey• student motivation study, • competence and labour market research • same part of questionnaires (central data
processing)2. Institutional background• organisational framework, regulatory
environment, quality assurance, • information technology, • sustainability, legal and data protection
background3. Communication• internal and external,• forms• central data service
Professionally established and
sustainable model
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
What should be traced?
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary
Scope of questions asked
• Questions related to workplace and labour market position• Professional satisfaction, assessment of personal career• Retrospective assessment of education and institution• Professional competences - applicability of studies• Socio-demographic questions• Regional or ethnic questions in countries of special
circumstances
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Competencies: expectations of the labour market
Source: GVI; More: http://www.gvi.hu/index.php/en/default/welcome.html
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Social & civic competence
Enterpreneurship
Achieving personal goals
Professional experience
Computer use
Develop new competences
Self-directedness
Work accurately
Importance Satisfaction
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Indicators for career assessment at national level
• income;• prestige of the job (position, work done);• satisfaction (with level of education – motivation –
expectancies – labour market position – income);
and composite indicators derived from the above.
Frame of reference used: field of study, subject of study.
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Thank you for your attention!horvath.tamas@educatio.hu
kiss.paszkal@ppk.elte.hu
More (in english): http://www.felvi.hu/felsooktatasimuhely/dpr/kiadvanyok/dpr1_angol
Tracking graduate careers in Hungary