Employability of University Graduates in Slovak Labour Market

Abstract

Currently, there are even more discussions about the employment of university graduates in the labour market in relation to the quality of universities and higher education. Universities face many of the challenges posed by the concept of sustainable development. One of them is the preparation of students to develop the ability to integrate social, environmental and economic considerations in future decision making. Employers require not only professional knowledge from graduates, but even more, they emphasize soft skills. Our results of the survey show that most university graduates are satisfied with their study programs, although the proportion of satisfied graduates varies statistically significantly among the fields of study. However, we must not forget the dissatisfied students and take adequate measures to increase the proportion of students that are satisfied with their study program in each field of study, which can contribute to reducing the outflow of students abroad.