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Is there a job after college?: Higher education’s impact on transition from school to work

Bu makale, üniversite öğrencilerinin kariyer güzergahlarının ve böylece mezuniyet sonrası işsizlik örüntülerinin belirlenmesinde yükseköğretimin tasarımının/örgütlenmesinin etkilerini incelemektedir. Makalenin bulguları Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (ODTÜ), İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi (İİBF)’nin 2011 mezunları ile yapılan bir saha çalışmasından gelmektedir. Araştırma sonuçları, öğrencilerin okuldan işe geçiş süreciyle başa çıkma sürecinde dört ayrı stratejinin - “Kariyer yönelimi”; “İlave yatırım”; “Pek çok sepette pek çok yumurta”; “Bekle ve gör” – ortaya çıktığını vurgulamakta ve buna paralel olarak mezuniyet sonrası işsizliğin ardındaki olası nedenleri tartışmaktadır.

“Okuldan sonra iş var mı?”: Yükseköğretimin okuldan işe geçişe etkisi

This article examines the impact of the design/organisation of higher education system on the determination of the career paths, and thus the patterns of post-graduate unemployment, of university students. The findings of the article come from a field research conducted among the 2011 graduates of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences (FEAS) of Middle East Technical University (METU). The research results highlight the existence of four different strategies as students cope with the transition from school to work: “Career orientation”, “Further investment”, “Many eggs in many baskets”, “Wait-and-see”, and discusses the possible reasons behind post-graduate unemployment accordingly.
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ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi-Cover
  • ISSN: 1010-9935
  • Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 3 Sayı
  • Başlangıç: 2018
  • Yayıncı: ODTÜ İİBF
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