{"id":108916,"date":"2020-02-06T14:39:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=108916"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:42","slug":"econometrists-can-set-to-work-straight-away-culture-studies-graduates-have-a-more-challenging-starting-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/02\/06\/econometrists-can-set-to-work-straight-away-culture-studies-graduates-have-a-more-challenging-starting-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Econometrists can set to work straight away; culture studies graduates have a more challenging starting position"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently graduated econometrists find it relatively easy to secure a steady job and decent wages, according to benefits agency UWV. The job prospects of culture studies graduates, on the other hand, are poor.<\/p>\n

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This is set out in a recent UWV report<\/a> about the job market for academics. Recent graduates of eight different degree programmes have \u2018very good\u2019 prospects on the job market. Besides econometrists, a bright future is beckoning for e.g. dentists, fiscal economists, computer scientists and teachers of languages and science subjects.<\/p>\n

Little cause for complaint<\/h2>

The alumni of these programmes generally manage to land a job in no time, are quickly offered an open-ended contract and earn a relatively high income. Falling just short of this top tier are newly graduated physicians, mechanical engineers and innovation managers, who also have little cause for complaint.<\/p>\n

UWV\u2019s news for Humanities and Arts masters, archaeologists, historians and anthropologists is less reassuring. These graduates are rarely offered a permanent position and it also takes them far longer to secure a decent living (i.e. at least three days a week of paid work and a reasonable salary).<\/p>\n

The report is based on research performed by the Elsevier <\/em>weekly and the SEO research bureau, with UWV making its own analyses of the results. The actual research data were sourced from Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The study is not based on a sample survey, but on an analysis of all graduates.<\/p>\n

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