Perception of Employers from the South West Oltenia Region on the Competences Acquired by Students of Social and Humanistic Specializations

According to the Bologna Process Implementation Report (prepared for the Bucharest Ministerial Conference, 2012), our country received positive marks for the indicators measuring the degree of implementation of the Bologna Process.In the context of implementing this process and a permanent reform of university education in order to adapt education to the needs of the labor market, training students for future careers and active citizenship status, the question that arises is: The perception of employers about the competences assessment provided by the university education is positive?In 2012, University of Craiova conducted a research, for identifying the perceptions of employers in the South-West Oltenia Region on the type of skills and competences acquired by students of seven social and humanistic specializations: History, International Relations and European Studies, Sociology, Pastoral Theology, Romanian Language, Communication and Public Relations, Social Work. We used the method of opinion survey, based on questionnaires filled in, at 102 public and private organizations in the region, chosen from adjacent areas of targeted specialties.