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Students' views on the relationship between higher education and labor market

It is very difficult to predict which skills will be needed in the next ten years. In accordance with the new social and economic changes, as well as the labor market, it is important to organize and coordinate an educational system that will provide required workforce profile. Education has a significant impact on employment opportunities. Stronger contacts between educational institutions and labor market are necessary because they provide better use of all available possibilities and labor market needs. Also, it reduces the number of unemployed persons, develops society and returns invest funds in education in a shorter period. Moreover, increasing the education service quality should result in better competitiveness of higher education institutions. The aim of this paper is to identify the relationship between students’ expectations of possibilities of employment at time of enrollment at higher education institution and their perception of different aspects of educational service quality received. Students demand more and choose institutions with a higher educational service quality, where the emphasis is on knowledge. At the same time, labor market requirements are also increasing in terms of labor competencies, skills and knowledge. It brings into question the compatibility of higher education with the labor market. The results are presented in this paper.

knowledge; service quality; higher education; labor market

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