According to the survey, 67% of the graduates polled by ARACIS have a job and 26% of them are jobless.
The net monthly average income of higher education graduates over the past five years stands at 1,087 lei (about EUR250), reveals the survey.
About two thirds of recruitment companies (64%) expect the share of university graduates to be employed by companies in EU will increase in the next five years, while 9% of them expect a decrease.
They also said employers look at graduates’ skills and previous work experience rather than at the university they graduated from.
According to the survey, 13% of recruiters believe Romanian tertiary education quality is poor and 22% of them say Romania offers good quality higher education. On the other hand, only 5% of employers say Romanian tertiary education standards are low.
The survey polled 5,576 tertiary education graduates and 4,000 employers on the Romanian market. (EUR1=RON4.3233)