Source : SUPPLEMENT LANGUES DE LA LISTE DE DIFFUSION DE L'UNIVERSITE PARIS DIDEROT - PARIS 7
Auteur : Jean Grisel
Employers’ perception of graduate employability
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................. 3
Main findings ..............................
1. Characteristics of companies in the survey ..............................
1.1 Company size, ownership structure, sector of activity and international contacts ....................... 8
1.2 Recruitment of higher education graduates ..............................
2. Important skills and capabilities when recruiting higher education graduates ....................... 12
2.1 Skills and capabilities required for today’s employees ..............................
2.2 Skills and capabilities required from future graduates ..............................
3. Employers’ satisfaction with graduate skills ..............................
3.1 Overall satisfaction with graduates’ skills ..............................
3.2 Satisfaction in terms of various skills and capabilities ..............................
4. Importance of graduates’ educational establishment ..............................
4.1 Awareness of the difference between bachelor’s and master’s degrees ..............................
4.2 Importance of a qualification from an institution with a good international reputation ............. 34
5. Importance of new employees’ past experience ..............................
6. Training activities for graduate employees ..............................
6.1 Percentage of graduate employees participating in training ..............................
6.2 Training activities for graduate employees.....................
7. Factors influencing graduate recruitment ..............................
8. Challenges to fill graduate vacancies ..............................
9. Recruiting graduates from other countries ..............................
9.1 Recruitment of graduates from other countries ..............................
9.2 Reasons for recruiting graduates from other countries ..............................
9.3 Reasons for not recruiting graduates from other countries ..............................
10. Improving the employability of new graduates ..............................
11. Cooperation with higher education institutions ..............................
11.1 Frequency of cooperation with higher education institutions ..............................
11.2 Importance of cooperation with higher education institutions ..............................
11.3 Best ways of cooperating with higher education institutions on recruitment ........................... 61
I. Annex tables ..............................
II. Survey details ..............................
III. Questionnaire ..............................
Jean Grisel
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