Unemployed foreign graduates: job prospects and options – a case analysis in Portugal

IF 1.5 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Pub Date : 2023-11-23 DOI:10.1108/jepp-02-2023-0020

Carla Oliveira-Silva, Andreia Soares-Semedo, Beatriz Lopez-Bermudez

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Abstract

Purpose

When graduates cannot get a job in their field of study, they have to consider alternative scenarios: extending studies while waiting for labor market conditions to improve; continuing looking for a qualified job; accepting a less qualified job; creating their own business; change their country of residence, which in the case of foreign citizens living in Portugal may involve new emigration or return to the country of origin.

Design/methodology/approach

An online survey was conducted with 108 foreign graduates, unemployed, 47 of whom already hold Portuguese nationality. They were asked about their country of origin, nationality, graduation, field of education, previous jobs, unemployment and alternatives to face it.

Findings

The results suggest that the main options considered are extending studies, continuing to seek skilled employment or a second migration. The desire to return to the country varies according to gender and, in some cases, the country of origin.

Originality/value

There are no studies available on the possibilities for foreign recent graduate students in terms of their choices between entering the labor market or pursuing further education.

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失业的外国毕业生:就业前景和选择——以葡萄牙为例分析

当毕业生在专业领域找不到工作时，他们不得不考虑其他方案:延长学习时间，等待劳动力市场状况好转;继续寻找合适的工作;接受不太合格的工作;创建自己的企业;改变其居住国，对于居住在葡萄牙的外国公民，这可能涉及新的移民或返回原籍国。设计/方法/方法对108名失业的外国毕业生进行了一项在线调查，其中47人已经拥有葡萄牙国籍。他们被问及原籍国、国籍、毕业、教育领域、以前的工作、失业情况以及面对失业的选择。调查结果表明，考虑的主要选择是延长学习时间，继续寻找技术工作或第二次移民。返回本国的愿望因性别而异，有时因原籍国而异。原创性/价值目前还没有关于外国研究生在进入劳动力市场或继续深造之间选择的可能性的研究。

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Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy ECONOMICS-

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3.70

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15.80%

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期刊介绍： Institutions – especially public policies – are a significant determinant of economic outcomes; entrepreneurship and enterprise development are often the channel by which public policies affect economic outcomes, and by which outcomes feed back to the policy process. The Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy (JEPP) was created to encourage and disseminate quality research about these vital relationships. The ultimate aim is to improve the quality of the political discourse about entrepreneurship and development policies. JEPP publishes two issues per year and welcomes: Empirically oriented academic papers and accepts a wide variety of empirical evidence. Generally, the journal considers any analysis based on real-world circumstances and conditions that can change behaviour, legislation, or outcomes, Conceptual or theoretical papers that indicate a direction for future research, or otherwise advance the field of study, A limited number of carefully and accurately executed replication studies, Book reviews. In general, JEPP seeks high-quality articles that say something interesting about the relationships among public policy and entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and economic development, or all three areas. Scope/Coverage: Entrepreneurship, Public policy, Public policies and behaviour of economic agents, Interjurisdictional differentials and their effects, Law and entrepreneurship, New firms; startups, Microeconomic analyses of economic development, Development planning and policy, Innovation and invention: processes and incentives, Regional economic activity: growth, development, and changes, Regional development policy.