The Competitiveness of the University Graduates in the Labour Market: Employers Survey, May

21.12137/AT0C5Y Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania LT: Lithuania The Competitiveness of the University Graduates in the Labour Market: Employers Survey, May - August 2003 Lithuanian Data Archive for SSH (LiDA) 2023 Social Sciences tertiary education graduates higher education institutions labour and employment Higher and further education Employment Šileika, Algis Algis Šileika The Institute of Labour and Social Research, Lithuania Gruževskis, Boguslavas Boguslavas Gruževskis The Institute of Labour and Social Research, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0003-1058-3927] Pocius, Arūnas Arūnas Pocius The Institute of Labour and Social Research, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-4045-511X] Moskvina, Julija Julija Moskvina The Institute of Labour and Social Research, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-7020-0273] Junevičius, Rimantas Rimantas Junevičius The Institute of Labour and Social Research, Lithuania Lithuanian Data Archive for Social Sciences and Humanities Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA) Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Žvaliauskas, Giedrius (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-0756]) Burbienė, Diana (Center for Data Analysis and Archiving (DAtA), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania [ORCID: 0000-0002-8435-090X]) 2012-10-29 2003-08-31 2011-10-13 2023-04-14 2025-03-10 2003-05-01/2003-08-31 2003-05-01/2003-08-31 Survey data LiDA_SurveyData_0058 21.12137/AACABJ 21.12137/1H5F7O 21.12137/UWIEZC 21.12137/GF77HQ 150638 36808 180553 618073 application/pdf application/x-gzip text/tab-separated-values application/x-gzip 1.2 Custom terms specific to this dataset The purpose of the study: to analyse employers opinion about professional preparation of employed graduates of higher education schools of classes of 1996-2002. If their preparation meets the needs of labour market. Major investigated questions: respondents were asked to evaluate general economic situation in their company in the last 12 months and perspectives of economic development till 2007. It was questioned if there are any specific changes planned in company's activity and what changes it will be. After various conditions listed, respondents were asked which of those conditions may be the most important in implementing planned changes in company's activity. It was analysed how many employees are currently working in respondent's company and how many of them have higher education diploma. Respondents were asked in the number of employees with higher education diploma is adequate. It was questioned which qualification employees with higher education diploma are missing or there are too much in a company. If there are too much workers with higher education it was questioned what actions there will be taken. It was questioned what personnel problems are likely to exist in respondents company in the next 1-2 years. Respondents were asked to indicate in what ways their companies usually fill in free work places of specialists with higher education. It was analysed if respondent's company accept students of higher education schools for internship and if company led by respondent employed new workers in 1996-2002. If so, respondents were asked how many new employees started working, in which higher education schools they got their degree and what position they have in the company. It was asked to which income group in respondent's company employed graduates of higher education of the class of 2000-2002 belong. It was analysed which professional qualification workers with higher education were hard to find in 1999-2002. Respondents were asked what graduates of higher education of the class of 1996-2002 who were employed in a company lacks the most based on professional training. It was questioned what knowledge, abilities and personal qualities are the most missing in company's employed graduates of higher education schools of classes of 1996-2002. Respondents were asked if they have employees of higher education in their company who's needs qualification training. It was asked which part of the total number of company's employees of higher education do employed graduates who needs qualification training make and what courses would they need. It was analysed what form of training or retraining of company's employees with higher education is the most acceptable for respondents and who would pay for qualification training, retraining of employees with higher education. Respondents were asked which part of costs of one specialist training could their company cover. It was questioned how company's staff turnover till 2007 is predicted. If respondents indicated that a growth of employees number is predicted, it was questioned of what kind professional qualifications and how many employees with higher education is expected to be accepted. Respondent's as employer (representative of employee) awareness about specialists training in higher education schools and willingness to participate in preparation and evaluation of study programmes was analysed. At the end of the interview, respondents were asked how they as employers (representatives of employees) could contribute to improvement of specialists training in higher education schools. It was questioned which measures (financial, organizational, administrative) would encourage to participate in the process of specialists training in higher education schools the most and what would respondents suggest to leaders of Ministry of Education and Science, higher education schools about improvement of specialists training in higher education schools. SPSS, 25 Education, Science and Technology The main language of the study is Lithuanian (lit). Standardized questionnaire was provided for the respondents in Lithuanian (lit). Dataset (data and metadata) “The Competitiveness of the University Graduates in the Labour Market: Employers Survey, May - August 2003” from 2012-10-29 to 2021-10-01 was available on the portal of Lithuanian Data Archive for Humanities and Social Sciences (LiDA) www.lidata.eu; object PID: www.lidata.eu/data/quant/LiDA_LAMS_0251; produced by Žvaliauskas Giedrius 2012-10-29. Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania 102/52