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RELATION WITH THE PROFESSION
There are no unified hiring policies with regards to public administration graduates. They are often regarded with suspicion because of the generally insufficient comprehension of this type of higher education. However, administrative institutions are demonstrating a strong and developing interest in PA programmes. The reason for this is, in part, new standards and new professional requirements that can be met only through cooperation with specialised personnel. Therefore, access to administrative structures is improving, as demonstrated by the positive reception of internship programmes.
Due to the fact that several generations of graduates will enter the job market in 1999, their future jobs were the second major issue discussed at the May 1999 meeting (organised with the help of the Ministry of Education at the Economic Sciences Academy, Bucharest). Several proposals were made and a common list of jobs for PA graduates was put together and sent to the government. The idea was to create and promote a distinct status for PA graduates, a status that would allow them to quickly integrate and be recognised by professionals. The list of jobs included positions both at the local (city halls, county councils, prefectures, and agencies for decentralised government services) and central levels (government, central public administration agencies) and in other public institutions.
At this time, there are few graduates as many programmes will only graduate their first classes in 1999. It is, therefore, difficult to predict the percent of graduates who will secure public administration positions, although forecasts are generally positive. In those rare cases where programmes have graduates, they have been generally well accepted by public employers. Galati University’s programme, for example, has a ninety-six percent placement rate.
To date, there have not been any major attempts by universities to change recruiting policies regarding public administration programmes. At most, one can say that there have been attempts to increase the interest of public employers in the PA graduates and to influence the status of the public servant.
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