Educated, Flexible, and Precarious. Labor Market Entry of Graduates of Salzburg University

This article's aim is to enlighten university graduates' transition to the labor market, with a focus on atypical forms of work, which have increased strongly in Austria in the past ten years. Especially career entrants, even if highly educated, are affected by these, potentially precariou...

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Published in:ÖZS. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie 2011-09, Vol.36 (3), p.81-94
Main Author: Schinwald, Sonja
Format: Article
Language:ger
Subjects:
Academic Careers
Austria
Careers
College Graduates
Education Work Relationship
Employment
Universities
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Summary:This article's aim is to enlighten university graduates' transition to the labor market, with a focus on atypical forms of work, which have increased strongly in Austria in the past ten years. Especially career entrants, even if highly educated, are affected by these, potentially precarious types of employment. The theoretical part deals with the labor market in general and the specific conditions for academic career-entrants. Using data of the graduate survey conducted by the University of Salzburg in November 2009, this article shows that de facto two thirds of the questioned academic career entrants are employed atypically at the time of the survey. Nevertheless these flexible forms of work seem to decrease the more time has passed since graduation. Therefore a process of normalization of employment forms is assumed. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1011-0070
DOI:10.1007/s11614-011-0053-8