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An Analysis of Employer Requirements of University Graduates

TOTH-TEGLAS, T., E. HLEDIK and Laura FÓNADOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

An Analysis of Employer Requirements of University Graduates

Authors

TOTH-TEGLAS, T. (348 Hungary), E. HLEDIK (348 Hungary) and Laura FÓNADOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, BUDAPEST, Budapest TECH, 2016, 1785-8860

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50200 5.2 Economics and Business

Country of publisher

Hungary

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.745

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/16:00108713

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

DOI

UT WoS

000392925600010

Keywords in English

workplace requirements; competencies; skill requirements; graduate recruitment process

Tags

Reviewed
Změněno: 11/5/2020 11:27, Mgr. Pavel Sedláček

Abstract

V originále

It is of equally outstanding importance for university graduates and universities alike to learn what requirements workplaces have of graduates and what knowledge and skills they are expected to have. Previous research in Hungary conducted by GVI MKIK and DPR examined employer and higher education graduate views based on the importance of expected competencies. In our research we focused on understanding employer requirements related to the recruitment of graduates. Therefore, we examined the opinions of companies that assumingly had a conscious strategy for employing graduates, and we carried out comprehensive analyses of the findings of comprehensive research. Our research findings reveal that the large companies surveyed assigned primary importance to competencies ensuring present performance; at the same time, the aspect of competencies enabling future performance also emerged as relevant. It was also analysed in our study to what extent the companies surveyed had different requirements of economic and technical graduates. The research furthermore explored with the help of factor analysis in what ways the respective competency requirements were interrelated in the employers' approach. Although our research was conducted among Hungarian companies exclusively, we believe that the findings related to the role of corporate size and field of specialisation may generate conclusions of interest for research carried out in other countries as well.