Young Professionals’ Labour Market Integration Issues in Armenia: a Case Study with Special Reference to Alumni of Armenian State Pedagogical University

Authors

Hasmik HOVHANNISYAN Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University
Hovhannes HOVHANNISYAN French University in Armenia
Astghik PETROSYAN Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v11i2.225

Keywords:

labour market, demand, HEI alumni, improving higher education, employment, unemployment

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of university and labour market relationship. In addition to economic analysis, studying the involvement process of young people in the labour market is essential to identifying the link between higher education institutions (HEIs) and the labour market in order to assess and implement appropriate policies. This case study was conducted to discover the integration process of the classes of 2014, from three faculties of Armenian State Pedagogical University, in Armenia’s labour market. The research reveals the demand for these professions in the labour market and the pace of finding jobs. The article discusses the factors that hinder or contribute to the process of integration of young specialists in the labour market, as well as, the advantages and disadvantages of HEIs from young professionals’ perspective. Methodological recommendations and guidelines on the organisation of higher education following the labour market requirements are offered in the discussion section. It is significant to develop mechanisms for promoting employers' involvement in management offices and faculties of HEIs, to develop and fix legal norms, to improve the methodological principles and plans regarding the organisation of the practicum practices. It is proposed to expand the functions and role of career centres created in HEIs in order to establish the university's activity by the labour market requirements and to assist graduates in the labour market as well as provide continuous professional development programs and training for the teaching staff.

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Author Biographies

Hasmik HOVHANNISYAN, Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University

Hasmik HOVHANNISYAN (Dr.) is the head of the Department of Philosophy and Logic Named after Academician Georg Brutian at Khachatur Abovyan Armenian State Pedagogical University, Yerevan, Armenia, Editor in Chief of WISDOM journal, Vice-President of the Armenian Philosophical Academy. Her areas of interest include logic, argumentation theory, metaargumentation, history of Armenian philos-ophy, philosophy for children, and critical thinking. Hovhannisyan is the author of 5 monographs and 45 scientific articles. Recent publications: ―Argumentation and Meta-argumentation‖, ―Metaargumentation from the Perspective of Metaphilosophy‖, ―Metaargumentation as a Metatheory of Argumentation‖ and ―Building the General Theory of Metaargumentation‖, ―Problems of Argumentation in Medieval Armeni-an Philosophy‖ and etc.

Hovhannes HOVHANNISYAN, French University in Armenia

Hovhannes HOVHANNISYAN (PhD) is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Rhethoric of Yerevan State University and Department of Philosophy and Logic of Armenian State Pedagogical University. Head of Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences, French University in Armenia. Scientific Secretary of the Armenian Philosophical Academy. Areas of interest include: logic, rhetoric, political debate, gnoseology and methodology, social systems and transformation. Hovhannisyan is the author of four monographs, three educational manuals, forty scientific articles and publications and thirty publicistic-analytical articles. Recent publications: “Idea and Models of Civil Society: Development Tendencies, Argurcnts pro and con”, “Features of the Discussion Method in the Process of Teaching and Intellectual Development of Students”.

Astghik PETROSYAN, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences

Astghik PETROSYAN (PhD student) is lecturer in the Scientific Center of Information and Public Communication Technologies at Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences. Her areas of interest include logic, argumentation theory, negotiation, rhethoric, sociology, PR, gen-der issues. Petrosyan is the author of 8 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Representation of Men and Women in Public and Political Organizations in Armenia. Issues of Inner Democracy”, “Prob-lems of Implementation of Internal Democracy in Armenia in the Context of the Socio-Political Par-ticipation of Women and Men”.

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Published

2018-12-24

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HOVHANNISYAN, H., HOVHANNISYAN, H., & PETROSYAN, A. (2018). Young Professionals’ Labour Market Integration Issues in Armenia: a Case Study with Special Reference to Alumni of Armenian State Pedagogical University. WISDOM, 11(2), 42–52. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v11i2.225

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