Analysis of employment factors for university graduates in Kazakhstan
Sekerbayeva A. Tamenova S. Tarman B. Razakova D. Satpayeva Z.
2024LLC CPC Business Perspectives
Problems and Perspectives in Management
2024#22Issue 2683 - 695 pp.
Having a university degree provides only a slight advantage over those without higher education, making other factors crucial in determining a graduate’s employment prospects. This study aims to analyze the factors that affect the employment of university graduates and define opportunities for public administration and university management in Kazakhstan. A logistic regression model based on primary data was used to examine the impact of the availability of practical experience and jobs in their specialty, social connections, technology development, and entrepreneurship on the likelihood of employment. The survey was conducted in 2022 and involved 300 graduates of the 2020–2021 academic year from all regions of Kazakhstan. Findings show that personal connections (F3) and technology and entrepreneurship (F4) positively impact graduates’ job prospects. However, lack of experience (F1) and the limited number of job offers (F2) reduce employment likelihood. If a graduate responds with 3 points for F1, 7 for F2, 7 for F3, and 1 for F4, they are less likely to secure a job in their specialty within a year of graduation. The main practical value of this study is that university career centers can use this model to predict the likelihood of graduates being employed. Providing a sophisticated online platform and different analytics-driven career services, open access to administrative data on the labor market, and new programs for students’ job experience and entrepreneurship will prepare university graduates for a dynamic labor market and reduce the mismatch between education and employment needs.
employability , employability factors , labor market , unemployment , university career center , youth
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Department of Regional Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Humanities and Law, Turan University, Kazakhstan
Center for Innovative Development of the Region, Turan University, Kazakhstan
Strategic Development, Science and Innovation, Turan University, Kazakhstan
Department of Innovative and Technological Development, Institute of Economics of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Kazakhstan
Department of Regional Studies and International Relations
Center for Innovative Development of the Region
Strategic Development
Department of Innovative and Technological Development
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