University graduates and unemployement job in Tunisia Faculté des sciences a Sfax Département Informatique et Télécommunication Élaboré par: Année Universitaire Romdhani Wafa
2 Plan Introduction School-to-Work Transition in Tunisia Main professional path of university graduates A dropping unemployment rate Report conclusions
3 Introduction This report is the a follow up survey on the insertion of young university graduates in active life, initiated by the Ministry of Employment and Professional insertion of youth and the World Bank.
School-to-Work Transition in Tunisia 30% of university graduates find employment in 6 to 12 months from their graduation. 39% and 24% are still unemployed 18 months and 3 years after their graduation, respectively. 4
5 Main Professional path of University graduates A first path leading to employment stability concerns 30% of the graduates and only occurs after a 6 month to a year period of time
Causes of unemployement High Population growth. Absence of employment opportunities. Seasonal Employment. Joint Family System. Slow Developing of Industries. Insufficient Rate of Economic Progress. 6
7 A dropping unemployment rate In general, the unemployment rate of the 2004 batch of university graduates has lowered from 45.6% at the end of 2005 to 31.5% at the end of 2007 although one fifth of the most important portion of university graduates, i.e. graduates with bachelor degrees and senior technicians do not have any employment
Percent of labor force ages 15 to 24 in 2010 and
9 Conclusion If there is a clear improvement of the university graduates positioning in the employment market, there remains an insertion difficulty for a “hard core” number of graduates. Women experience a less favorable situation than men in the employment market, whatever the criteria are
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