CHANGES AND TRENDS IN THE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN BULGARIA AND THE EU

Abstract

This research focuses on the ongoing changes and the new challenges faced by labor in the process of transition to a new type of economy. It is structured in two parts. The first part systematizes the main changes in the characteristics and requirements to labor in the context of the formation of a new economy and the transition to a digital one. The second part makes an empirical analysis and draws up the specific aspects in the dynamics of the indicators of the employment status of university graduates in Bulgaria and the EU which are relevant to the latest changes in the increasing implementation of more complicated mental labor. By applying methods of forecasting, the author brings forward certain short-term trends in the fluctuations of the relative ratio of the employed persons with a university degree in Bulgaria and the EU. The research implements the methods of analysis and synthesis, the means and methods of empirical-descriptive, as well as the econometric anal