European Engineering/IT Edition

The trendence Graduate Barometer is an independent survey conducted annually by trendence, a part of the GTI Group. The survey looks at graduates' preferences and priorities when selecting a first employer after graduation and examines their strategies when looking for information about potential employers. The graduates are asked to select the employers they consider to be attractive first employers from a list of 120 employers. trendence cooperated with over 1,000 universities and various student employers throughout Europe in order to reach the students. Our partners sent out invitations to their students, who then completed an online questionnaire. The data of 96,431 business students and 128,856 engineering students have been included in the analysis. your trendence team (gbe@trendence.com)

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Background information
Global Information
Method: Field phase: Participation: Subsets: Analysis: Media coverage: Online-questionnaire. September 2010 to January 2011 Invitations via careers service email; anonymity assured; prize draw & donation The report is based on the answers of all European engineering/IT students, including break downs of female and male students Data analysis with statistical tools; MRS and ESOMAR codes and ISO 20252 observed. FAZ 06/2011

Response
Participating universities Respondents

GBE 2009 779 196,019

GBE 2010 859 219,790

GBE 2011 1,077 310,945

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trendence group member

UK

Ireland

Germany

Switzerland

France

Malaysia

Singapore

China

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trendence operating range

Norway

Finland

Sweden Russia Denmark

Ireland

United Kingdom

Netherlands Germany Poland Belgium Czech Republic Slovakia Austria Switzerland Hungary Romania

France

Spain

Italy Greece

Bulgaria

Portugal

Turkey

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Main modules

Computer science

32.1% 22.6% 25.4% 15.6% 23.3% 13.9% 13.3% 20.3% 10.9% 17.1% 5.9% 11.4% 4.4% 13.5%

29.6%

Electrical / electronic engineering

22.9%

Mechanical engineering

20.9%

Civil engineering

15.1%

Industrial engineering

12.4%

Mathematics / statistics

7.3%

Chemical engineering

6.7%

Male

Female

Total

Question: What main modules do you study?

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Career goals
Highly demanding position +0.5 +0.8 +0.5 +0.6 -0.5 -0.6 +0.3 +0.7 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 Good work-life balance

Further theoretical qualifications

On the job training

Long term earning potential

High starting salary

Quick promotion

Secure position

Specialisation

Gaining general skills

Sharing responsibility in a team

Taking on a leadership role

Strategic tasks

Operational tasks

Trainee program

Direct entry

Male

Female

Total

Question: What is important for your first professional position after graduation?

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English skills

Male

59.5%

40.5%

Female

60.0%

40.0%

Total

59.7%

40.3%

Yes

No

Question: Do you speak English at a highly advanced level ?

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Experiences
58.0% Work experience not related to my course 59.3% 58.4%

Extra-curricular activities (E.g. voluntary work, student organisations, clubs, etc)

52.8% 54.1% 56.9%

54.2% Work experience related to my course 46.6% 51.9%

22.4% Work, study or voluntary activities in a foreign country 25.7% 23.5%

Male

Female

Total

Question : What experience (of at least 3 months length) do you have?

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Mobility willingness to relocate

Male

51.8%

19.8%

18.8%

9.6%

Female

38.5%

21.2%

24.1%

16.3%

Total

43.8%

20.6%

21.9%

13.6%

I would relocate world wide. I would relocate within my country of residence.

I would relocate within Europe. I would not relocate.

Question: Imagine you received an attractive job offer. To what extent would you relocate?

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Interest in studying a master course abroad

0.0% - 21.9% 22.0% - 43.9% 44.0% - 66.9% 67.0% - 88.9%

Question: Are you interested in studying a master degree in a foreign country?

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Job application process; estimated timeframe to find first position

2.7 - 3.9 4.0 - 5.3 5.4 - 6.6 6.7 - 8.0

Question: How many month do you expect to need (did you require) to find your first professional position?

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Job application process; estimated number of applications to find first position

9.0 - 15.9 16.0 - 22.9 23.0 - 29.9 30.0 - 36.9

Question: How many applications do you expect to send (did you send) to find your first professional position?

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Development number of application/ time period

Number of applications

24.3 18.7

24.6

4.2

4.3

4.5

2009

2010 Time period of application (month)

2011

Question: How many applications do you expect to send (did you send) to find your first professional position? Question: How many month do you expect to need (did you require) to find your first professional position?

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Evaluation of university performance in Europe

4.8 - 4.9 5.0 - 5.1 5.2 - 5.3 5.4 - 5.6

Question: How does your university perform on these factors? (E.g. Academic reputation, Assistance with career planning etc.)

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Expectations of first position; expected gross annual salary / expected working hours relationship in Europe
60,000

50,000

40,000 Expected salary

30,000

20,000

10,000

0 40 hrs

41 hrs

42 hrs

43 hrs

44 hrs

45 hrs

46 hrs

47 hrs

48 hrs

49 hrs

50 hrs

Weekly working hours

Question: How much do you expect to earn per year (gross income, including bonus) in your first professional position after graduation? Question: How many hours are you prepared to work per week in your first professional position after graduation?
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Development working hours/ expected income

Weekly working hours

43.2

43.6

42.9

43.7

29.6 26.1 25.4 25.3

Thousand Euros

2008

2009

2010

2011

Question: How much do you expect to earn per year (gross income, including bonus) in your first professional position after graduation? Question: How many hours are you prepared to work per week in your first professional position after graduation?
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The top 20 employers among European engineering/ IT students

Rank 2011 Employer 1 Googl e 2 Mi cros oft 3 IBM 4 Appl e 5 BMW 6 Vol ks wa gen Group 7 Si emens 8 EADS 9 Intel 10 Da i ml er/ Mercedes -Benz 11 L'Ora l 12 Gl a xoSmi thKl i ne 13 Noki a 14 Pors che 15 Ci s co Sys tems 16 Ba yer 17 Bos ch 18 Nes tl 19 Sony 20 European Spa ce Agency

% 2011 Rank 2010 10,21% 1 8,62% 2 6,12% 4 6,07% 3 5,52% 5 5,24% 11 4,63% 7 4,05% 6 3,70% 10 3,63% 12 3,39% 9 2,94% 32 2,88% 8 2,50% 16 2,47% 15 2,41% 13 2,36% 21 2,13% 14 2,11% 18 2,07% 19

% 2010 10,41% 7,98% 5,82% 6,65% 4,96% 2,98% 4,87% 4,90% 3,08% 2,96% 3,17% 1,53% 3,33% 2,48% 2,53% 2,70% 2,06% 2,59% 2,30% 2,22%

Rank

% -0,20% +0,64% +0,30% -0,58% +0,56% +2,26% -0,24% -0,85% +0,62% +0,67% +0,22% +1,41% -0,45% +0,02% -0,06% -0,29% +0,30% -0,46% -0,19% -0,15%

Question: Which of the following appeal to you most as a first employer?

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Job search optimism per country

84.2 81.3 80.580.5 80.0 77.7 77.5 76.476.0 75.7 75.375.3 75.1 75.0 74.7 74.6 74.574.2 73.9 73.7 Average Europe: 75.4 72.3 72.1

70.7 65.9

Norway

Austria

Czech Republic

Romania

Turkey

Ireland (Republic)

Netherlands

Switzerland

Denmark

Germany

Portugal

Sweden

Finland

Hungary

Belgium

The trendence Optimism Index is an indicator for graduate confidence in relation to their job prospects. It has been calculated from two parameters, which have been chosen yearly as part of the evaluation of the job application process. 1) Number of anticipated applications. 2) Length of time it takes to get a job.

United Kingdom

Bulgaria

Slovakia

Greece

France

Poland

Spain

Russia

Italy

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Contact : Ulrike Heyne Senior Research Manager trendence Institut GmbH Markgrafenstrasse 62 D - 10969 Berlin