How are graduate career starters seeking a job?

Abstract

After the political transformation, changes in economy and social structure of Hungary have
started. This economical-social transformation had an effect on higher education as well, but not so
dramatic as in other sectors of the economy. As a result of the expansion in higher education, the
labour market situation of the graduated career starters has strongly changed. First of all rather
quantitative changes have taken place in the higher education, and concerning the qualitative
changes, we are possessing very few and hardly defined data. Due to the excellent natural
endowments, agricultural production counts as a traditional activity in Hungary. The role and
importance of this sector are changing causing changes in the number, composition and expected
demands of the agri-education applicants. Students who graduated before the political
transformation could undoubtedly find a position at a big farm, but nowadays this opportunity
arises for a very few graduated students. The number of investors is rather low in the agri sector
and the labour market supply is more typical than the demand.