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)

Tracking graduate careers in Hungary

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

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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