The number of higher education graduates claiming unemploymentbenefits reached nearly 53,000 in September, a record level for thelast 20 years, considering that around 100,000 Romanians graduatefrom college every year.
"At present, those who graduated in the last two years are willingto take jobs that don't require higher education, but high-schooleducation. At the last job fair I attended there were three typesof higher education candidates: graduates fresh out of school,unemployed who used to work in the public sector, and people closeto retirement who are virtually unable to get any job," says MirelaMarinescu, recruitment director with APT recruitment firm.
The number of university graduates claiming benefits has tripled inthe last three years, especially since in 2008 there were twogenerations of graduates (who completed three-year and four-yearundergraduate degrees), as a result of Romania signing the Bolognadeclaration, which provides for three-year undergraduate degreesand for two-year master's degrees. The rate of employability forfaculty graduates has also declined because of private universitieslosing credibility over problems related to the legality ofdiplomas.
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