ANALYSIS OF PLACEMENT IN EMPLOYMENT OF GRADUATES OF THE FACULTY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT AT CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN EMPLOYMENT

The purpose of the investigation was to gather objective up-to-date information on the present employment rates of graduates of the Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, in the labour market as an indispensable basis for possible adjustments of the contents and orientation of the subjects in programmes of the study. 293 graduates of the Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, from the academic years 1995-2002 were addressed by a letter inviting them to complete an anonymous questionnaire. The survey results were analysed using basic statistical methods, a qualitative evaluation of the collected data, and a comparison with the situation about 3-5 years ago. It was ascertained that more than a half of the graduates (60.9%) were employed in the field of PE and sport, of whom 40.5% were working as teachers in all school grades and 20.4% were active in municipal PE and in sport clubs. In spite of radical changes in the employment market, a growing rate of graduates of the Charles University, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, being employed demonstrates positive trends. That finding -together with zero percentage of unemployed among the graduates -may be regarded as a confirmation of the elected adjustments in the study programmes.