Abstract:
The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Iasi (Romania) answered promptly to the Executive
Unit for the Financing of Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCU), to get involved in the
strategic project "Graduates and the Labor market. National Monitoring Study ", financed by EU structural funds. The
project addressed a sensitive issue of the educational activity, namely the inclusion of higher education graduates in the
labor market. The project aimed at analyzing the socio-professional route immediately after graduation and after a
period considered sufficient for achieving a professional level and shape of individual perceptions about training and
employment needs. The initial study addressed graduates, promotions 2005 and 2009, and then subsequent promotions
were also involved in the program. The main conclusions refer to the following aspects: Over 45% of the 2005
graduates promotion were employed in a corresponding domain to undergraduate program, then the percentage
decreased up to the 2009 promotion, but the percentages of those who continued their studies increased substantially.
Graduates from each class: Animal 2005 (65%) and Veterinary Medicine 2009 (50%) felt strongly the need for further
development of skills through education after graduation. Over 70% of university graduates of all areas from our 2005
graduates are now employed. In the case of 2009 graduates there is a decrease in the number of employees of over 40%,
but a significant increase (over 50%) in those who continued their studies. The findings of this study were reported to
the Management Authority of the national university that has decided the activation of structures created to support
career orientation of graduates, a partnership among all actors involved in career orientation of graduates, making
improvement in stages practice and modernization programs of study in accordance with EU requirements (2020).
