determinants of employability of higher education graduates

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https://doi.org/10.12712/rpca.v.194.69817

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The aim of this article was to identify the determinants of the employment process for young graduates of Brazilian public higher education institutions. To this end, we applied a questionnaire to a significant sample of 11,458 graduates from 18 federal universities. Using content analysis, the results suggest that the main determinants for graduates to obtain employment are: human capital (graduation degree, previous professional experience, and supplementary courses); cultural capital (proficiency in foreign languages); and social capital (recommendations from university friends, friends from previous work, other friends outside the family, university, and work, and relatives).

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  • José Roberto Abreu de Carvalho Junior, Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (Ifes) - Campus de Alegre

    Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) e Administrador do Instituto Federal do Espírito Santo (Ifes) - Campus de Alegre

  • Wescley Silva Xavier, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)

    Doutor em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) e Professor Associado do Departamento de Administração e Contabilidade da Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV).

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2026-03-27

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Vol. 19 No. 4 (2025)

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