.Ε.Ι. Ε Ααφσ τα ατ δ ΗΑ ΔΙΙΗΗ ΕΙΕΙΗΕ ατ Εασα 5, ααδτ 5δ 1 Employment of the Business Administration graduate students: the case of a Greek Technological Educational Institute Costas Zafiropoulos Department of Business Administration Technological Educational Institute of Serres Serres, 62124 GREECE kz@teiser.gr Evaggelos Kehris Department of Business Administration Technological Educational Institute of Serres Serres, 62124 GREECE kehris@teiser.gr Sotirios Dimitriadis Department of Business Administration Technological Educational Institute of Serres Serres, 62124 GREECE dimsot@teiser.gr Abstract: The findings of a research carried out among graduates of the Dept. of Business Administration of T.E.I. of Serres are reported. The aim of the research was to identify issues related to the employment of the graduates such as the rate of unemployment, the type of the employment and the job satisfaction among the graduates. The research was conducted using phone interviews among 294 graduates of the years 1996 - 2004. The findings show that the majority of the graduates are employed in full-time jobs. Graduate responses indicate that family and personal contacts play the most important role in finding a job, followed by job advertisements in the media. The vast majority of the employed graduates are either quite or very satisfied by their current job. However, a high proportion is not satisfied by their salary. Very few graduates are self-employed. Half of the self-employed graduates took over an existing family company while the rest initiated a new business on their own. Family support is substantial since family financial support plays a significant role in initiating a small business. The majority of the self-employed graduates are either quite or very happy with their employment. Overall, the research shows low level of unemployment among the graduates, confirms the important role of family support in job placement and indicates quite high levels of job satisfaction. Keywords: graduates, employment survey, higher education, Greece