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Christiane Konegen-Grenier / Beate Placke / Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 3 25. September 2011 Bachelor-graduates: Their Skills and Consequences for Human Resource Management
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Their Skills and Consequences for Human Resource Management
Christiane Konegen-Grenier / Beate Placke / Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 3 25. September 2011

Bachelor-graduates: Their Skills and Consequences for Human Resource Management

German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

According to a company-survey, the majority of firms are generally satisfied with the performance of bachelor-graduates. In 30 to 70 percent of the companies the professional and social skills of the graduates match company expectations. Only one fifth of the firms have experienced a significant gap between the actual and expected skills of bachelor-graduates. While a lack of specific skills may spur additional initial training it does not generally have adverse consequences for the affected bachelor-graduates on entry wages, entry positions and career opportunities. This absence of negative effects may be due to the growing shortage of skilled jobseekers and/or to a disposition of firms to value the learning capacity of young professionals higher than their existing knowledge.

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Their Skills and Consequences for Human Resource Management
Christiane Konegen-Grenier / Beate Placke / Oliver Stettes IW-Trends No. 3 25. September 2011

Bachelor-graduates: Their Skills and Consequences for Human Resource Management

German Economic Institute (IW) German Economic Institute (IW)

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Regina Flake / Lydia Malin / Paula Risius IW-Trends No. 5 26. October 2017

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The proportion of school students who take and pass the German Abitur exams (equivalent to British ‘A’-levels or the American high school diploma) has been increasing for many years.

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Wido Geis IW-Trends 4. August 2017

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In recent years, more and more high school graduates from other countries, have been studying at German universities. While in the winter semester 2011/2012 there were around 193,000 such students, by 2015/2016 that number had risen to 252,000.

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