THE INCREASE OF GRADUATES’ EMPLOYMENT: A 360° APPROACH

Mihaela Diaconu (), Amalia Dutu () and Mihaela Brinzea ()
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Mihaela Diaconu: University of Pitesti, Romania
Amalia Dutu: University of Pitesti, Romania
Mihaela Brinzea: University of Pitesti, Romania

Contemporary Economy Journal, 2020, vol. 5, issue 2, 72-81

Abstract: In the current context of the dynamics and volatility of the global labor market, the employability of graduates of higher education is a key indicator of identifying the extent to which a university successfully fulfills its assumed mission - education. At the international level, the researchers have proposed different approaches to the concept of employability and have built different models to determine the components of the employability and the ways to increase it. The purpose of this paper is to present the most important models of employability and to introduce a new approach that extends the debates on this concept by involving all stakeholders - students, graduates, employers, university. The paper also identifies the role of the university in supporting the employability of the graduates and introduces a model of curricular development applied to reduce the gaps between the competences provided in the curriculum and those required on the labor market in order to increase the rapid insertion in the labor market of the graduates. The proposed model has been applied and validated within a project funded by the European Social Fund, generating significant results by redefining the practical competences and improving the practical training of the students from 8 degree programs.

Keywords: employability; employability of graduates; model of employment; curriculum development model; 360 degree approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A23 D01 I25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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