Employment and careers of graduates in Кyrgyzstan

In: Social'naja politika i social'noe partnerstvo (Social Policy and Social Partnership), Heft 5, S. 366-371

Abstract

This article reflects the results of an online survey on the problems of employment of graduates with higher education. According to our observations, graduates with higher education will not be able to fi nd a job after receiving a degree. In this regard, there was a need to identify the causes of unemployment among graduates of higher educational institutions of the Kyrgyz Republic. The research covered the issues of the quality of education received, employment of graduates, career success and graduates' work places. According to the results of the study, after receiving a diploma of higher education, graduates of budgetary education found jobs more quickly than contract graduates. However, the graduates did not find a job in their training field. One fourth of them work in the service sector, as salespersons, cooks, waiters, couriers, etc. Because of the pandemic, even those working in the service sector became temporarily unemployed. The majority of the respondents have noted that it is very difficult to find a job in their training field, it will take time. A graduate is frequently on hold, waiting until an employee is fired, retires, or has a leave without pay. Thus, after getting a higher education in Kyrgyzstan, it is very difficult to find a job, the competition is high and the wages in state institutions are minimal, it is not sufficient even to make a living. The main problem of employment is the length of employment or work experience of graduates, but, unfortunately, everyone knows that yesterday's graduate has neither length of employment nor work experience. Many employers are interested in employees with work experience. The shortage of personnel is created artificially.