THE POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITATIONS IN THE AGRONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT: ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE

This paper studies the attitudes of the Faculty of Agriculture graduate students and their possibilities and limitations of employment after graduation. The survey was conducted in mid-2015 on a sample of 89 respondents. A large share (93.3%) of respondents said that they often think about employment after the study, while at the same time just a little more than one fifth of them has a clear vision of their future business career. Respondents agree that the acquisition of knowledge affects the increase of self-esteem and self-confidence (86.5%) and fact - how to find a job - depends mostly on their own abilities (68.5%). More than half of respondents (59.6%) after graduating would like to work in the public sector, mostly in the Ministry of Agriculture (12.4%) and various agricultural agencies (12.4%). The reason for this is still greater position stability and perception of secure income in the public than in the private sector in Croatia. Approximately 78% of respondents would like to continue living and working in Croatia but are willing to change place of living because of work within the Croatian borders (18%). The largest part of them expected to be hired within a year after graduation (60.7%), and others (5.6%) have already secured job after studies.