Tough going in labour market for PhDs

Calmand, Julien

Tough going in labour market for PhDs

One proven way of protecting oneself from ‘precarity’ and unemployment is to obtain a university degree. However, some PhDs are experiencing increasing difficulties in finding stable employment. Traditionally destined for careers in academic and other publicly funded research, they have increasingly had to look to the private sector in order to widen their employment prospects. However, it is proving difficult for both PhDs and firms to make the necessary adjustments.

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Authors: Calmand, Julien

Corporate authors: Centre for Research on Education, Training and Employment (France) (CEREQ)

Published: Marseille, France, CEREQ, 2011

Resource type: Article

Access item: http://www.cereq.fr/index.php/content/download/1970/22620/file/trai91.pdf

Journal title: Training and employment

Journal number: 91

Journal date: January-February 2011

Pages: pp. 1-4

ISSN: 1156-2366

Notes: ‘Training & employment’ is an English-language newsletter aimed at informing the international community about research and other activities undertaken by the Centre for Research on Education, Training and Employment (CEREQ) in France

Document number: TD/TNC 106.409

Subjects: Employment Outcomes Providers of education and training Statistics Research Labour market

Keywords: Statistical analysis Transition from education and training to employment

Geographic subjects: Europe France

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