Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 1
Written by Ionuț PĂCURAR, Cristian COSMIN

The purpose of university education in Romania is to prepare specialists in their fields of study who, through the accumulated knowledge, can contribute to the development of society, the improvement of the way of life, innovation, research, and other aspects. These specialists, in addition to the theoretical and practical curricular knowledge that they acquire during the study program, also need other skills, knowledge, trainings, relationships in order to be prepared for integration into the labour market or to start an entrepreneurial path. In a society based on knowledge, the attitude, the competences and the abilities focused on a specific context have a decisive role. Moreover, employers follow very well-defined criteria in their recruitment process. This paper aims to analyse the perception of public and private employers regarding the evaluation criteria of University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Bucharest (USAMV from Bucharest) students and graduates. The Centre for Career Counselling and Guidance (CCOC) from USAMV Bucharest aims to acknowledge, study, clarify and implement the main requirements targeted by the employers regarding career orientation process. The research methodology involves an analysis of the specialized literature regarding the tendencies of skills needed for qualified personnel. The case study is composed of a questionnaire applied to commercial companies and institutions involved in an agribusiness field that contains 10 questions. The analysis of the resulting data was processed with the help of statistical methods, and the results obtained after their interpretation give us a clear picture of the HR criteria pursued by employers. We find that 80.4% of them consider theoretical knowledge to be important in the employment of graduates, 72.5% consider that specialized practice it is a must, 58.8% consider that graduates need internships and volunteer activities, but equally important are the digital skills that are underlined by 51% of company representatives. Also, 21.6% of the companies consider that the various personal development activities have an important role in the training of graduates. The challenges regarding a better integration on the labour market, the development of personal skills and their capitalization for added value in obtaining a job based both on generic and specific competences make the collaboration between universities and institutions in the field to be particularly important.

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