1. Employment/Placement Survey
Results
Life After PhD
Tampere 3.10.2013
Irmeli Puntari, Luonnontieteiden Akateemisten Liitto
LAL, The Finnish Union of Experts in Science
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2. Irmeli Puntari
MSci, Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, Turku
University
Finnish Union of Experts in Science,
– Agreements and bargaining officer in private sector
– also education and carreer issues
Books and reports
– Luonnontieteilijän uraopas, with Raili Pimiä and Teemu
Hankamäki, 2000
– Luonnontieteilijöiden työmarkkina-asema
Suomessa, 2002
– Työelämän valttikortit, with Kimmo Kevätsalo and Satu
Roos, 2006
– Numeroita ja ihmisiä. Yt-neuvottelut, irtisanomiset ja
työyhteisön tulevaisuus, with Satu Roos, 2007
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3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Fl4L4M8m4d0
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5. PhD Degrees
Biology, Bioscience and Medicine
400
350
300
250
Biology
200
Bioscience
150
Medicine
100
50
0
-1960
1961 1970
1971 1980
1981 1990
1991 1995
1996 2000
2001 2005
2006 2010
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6. PhD Degrees in Finland 2010
Biology, Bioscience and Medicine
Biology 1323
Bioscience and biochemistry 639
Medicine 736
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7. Who are the
winners?
Male master
graduates
(2005)
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8. The Change in Unemployment Rate According
to Education Level
Työttömien määrän muutos koulutusasteittain
2001/12 - 2012/12, 2001/12=100
Ind. 2001/12=100
350
340
330
320
310
300
290
280
270
260
250
240
230
220
210
200
190
180
170
160
150
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
2001
Kaikki
Perusaste
Keskiaste
Alin korkea-aste
Alempi
korkeakouluaste
Ylempi
korkeakouluaste
Lisensiaatti
Tohtori
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Vuosi/kuukausi
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
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9. The right amount of right experts!
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10. The rise of graduates in natural
sciences has caused:
A rise in the rate of unemployed
Improper employment
Education to a new profession
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11. The target is to get a balance between
the labour markets and the amount of
natural scientists.
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12. ”Over education” is expensive to
society as well as to an individual.
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13. Employment Survey
Statistics Finland
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Employment Service Statistics
Labour force survey
Quality of work life survey
University education
Transition from school to further education and work
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Official Statistics of Finland
Educational structure of population
Regional and industrial statistics on manufacturing
Structure of earnings
• Official Statistics of Finland
• Taxable incomes
• Classification of Occupations 2010
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14. Survey Groups
Graduates in Natural Sciences
Biology
Bioscience and Biochemistry
Chemistry
Geo and Space science
Geography
Information Science
Physics
Mathematics
Medicine (only PhDs)
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15. This Lecture´s Group
PhD Graduates in Natural Sciences
Biology
Bioscience and Biochemistry
Medicine (PhD´s)
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16. PhD Unemployed (Excluding Layoffs )
Ministry of Labour
45
40
38
39
36
35
32
30
29
33
33
31
29
30
Henkilöä
22
21
20
21
19
15
16
29
30
25
24
17
31
27
26
25
35
17
19
17
FT, biokemia
FT, biologia
FT, kemia
20
17
15
13
10
5
11
4
0
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
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17. Unemployment Rate of Natural Scientists
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Statistics Finland 2010
Msci
PhD
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18. Unemployment Rate in August 2013 - 7,1 %
Statistics Finland
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19. Science PhD Employment Rate - about 85 %
Work Force Employment Rate - about 70 %
100
90
80
70
60
50
Biology
Bioscience
Medicine
40
30
20
10
0
employed labour forcenemployed
u
students,others outside the labour force
pupils
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20. Employer Sector, PhDs
Self employed
Medicine 652
Municipality
Bioscience, Bioc
hemistry 556
Biology 1099
State
Private
0
20
40
60
80
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21. Socioeconomic Status, PhDs
Other senior officials
Senior officials and employees in
education and training
Medicine
Senior officials and employees in research
and planning
Bioscience
Biology
Senior officials and upper management
Entrepreneurs and self employed
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
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22. Employment Sector, PhDs
Human health and social work
activities
Education
Medicine
Public administration and defence
Bioscience
Biology
Professional, scientific and tecnic
activity
Industry
0
10
20
30
40
50
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23. Occupation, PhDs
Other professionals
Teaching professionals
Life science and health professionals
Physical, mathematical and
engineering science professionals
Medicine
Bioscience
Biology
Managers of small enterprises
Corporate managers
Legislators and senior officials
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
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24. Information Still to Come
Employee/Employer location
Salaries
Studies and other professions
following PhD
Aarresaari Survey
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27. Thank you!
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