Presented at the 21st Conference on Operational Research, Iceland
A model investigating the professional profile of the HE graduates. A case study of the Electrical Engineers of the TEI WM, Greece
Nikolaos Matanas1, Lazaros Tsikritzis1, Athanasios Papavasileiou1
and Paraskevi Bouboureka1
1 Technological Educational Institute of West Macedonia,
501 00, Kila, Kozani, Greece
Abstract. In this study, the Careers Office of the Technological Educational Institute of West Macedonia surveyed the professional and academic situation of Electrical Engineer graduates during the period 1997-1999. The data were collected by qualitative methods using a structured questionnaire with a sample covering 41% of the target population. The main parameter investigated was the current professional situation of the graduates and data concerning their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. The survey concluded that unemployment among electrical engineering graduates is lower compared to other specialities of the TEI. Yet the picture changes, when the graduates’ hetero-employment is measured. The relatively good professional situation of the graduates can be partly attributed to the prestigious place in the labour market of older TEI specialities with consolidated professional rights and to the circumstantial development of the construction industry during the years preceding the Olympic Games.
Keywords: Employment, Electrical engineers, hetero-employment, professional status, Higher Education HE, ΗΕ graduates
