Did you know that...?

Did you know that…?

• ... in the last 15 years there has been a slow but continuous increase in the participation rate of higher education graduates?
• ... amongst the main reasons to come back to Bizkaia to work, our emigrated university graduates point out: an interesting offer, friends and family?
• ... Industrial Technical Engineering and other Technical Engineering degrees have the highest percentage of university graduate employment at professional levels rated as "non-qualified"?
• ... Medicine is the only degree where virtually 100% of those employed are "Qualified"?

This fact is a clear symptom of the qualification imbalances existing in the university graduate labour market in our Historical Territory.

Did you know that...?

• ... The migratory balance for Bizkaia is negative (the number of university graduates leaving to work is higher than those entering)?
• ... 30% of the university graduates from Bizkaia who work outside Bizkaia have not tried to find a job in companies in Bizkaia after finishing their studies?
• ... RETURN DRIVERS (motivations to return to Bizkaia to work) of our emigrated university graduates "having an employment offer with the same or better working conditions", "an interesting offer", "a good offer and an interesting and quality job"?.

Did you know that…?

• ... university graduates who have recently entered the labour market are valued for their skills and abilities to understand complex situations, thanks to the appropriate knowledge for the development of specific tasks?
• ... by contrast, those recent university graduates have little knowledge of the business reality and its daily operation?
• ... the most valuable aspect for companies with regard to university graduates is innovation capacity?
• ... companies attach great value to involvement, taking the company as if it were your own, with everything this involvement implies with regard to commitment and interest?

After detecting the main imbalance between offer and demand in Bizkaia as far as university graduates are concerned, the study concludes that the capacity to contribute to adding value to the company is the core aspect to be included in their training.

Did you know that the training aspects to be promoted....

• ... for companies with fewer than 50 workers "knowledge" is the most positive aspect of university graduates, whereas
• ... for companies with more than 50 employees the most positive aspect is "skills".
• ... for companies with fewer than 100 employees the main negative aspect of university graduates is the "lack of practical training",
• ... for companies with more than 100 employees the main negative aspect is "knowledge".
• ... English language is essential and nearly a prerequisite to get a job.
• ... the most valuable aspect for companies with regard to university graduates is their innovation capacity

There is a detailed report with the results of the studies carried out by bizkaia:xede, as well as their publications and papers.