Tracking graduate careers in Hungary - central and institutional program -

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


Overview

1. Higher education and labour market in Hungary

2. Graduate tracking system: objectives and institutional scheme

3. What should be traced?


Higher education and labour market 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%)


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,


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


Graduate tracking system: objectives and institutional scheme


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


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


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)


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


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)


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


What should be traced?


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


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


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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