Employability and employment status of accounting graduates in Mexico between 2005 and 2018

Abstract

Due to the limited information on the employment status of accounting graduates nationwide, this document presents the results of an analysis of 28 studies of alumni carried out in 17 universities located in 19 states of the country with a sample of 5,120 graduates. The aim is to describe some features of the insertion of accountants in the labor market, characterize this labor market,and determine if it provides the conditions for their professional development. The results show high insertion rates but conditions of precarious employment, being located in micro and small companies in the tertiary sector at operational levels, working as accounting or administrative assistants, with low salaries and longer working hours than those established by labor laws. Weconcluded that the labor market poses limitations for accountants to develop upward career paths in the medium term.