Ramos, Madalena et al.,  "A typology of professional situations in the analysis of graduate transition from higher education to the labor market", in This article focuses on the Portuguese case to discuss the employment insertion of graduates. It starts by presenting a typology of professional situations with the purpose of analyzing graduate transition from higher education to the labor market. The heuristic potential of the typology is then described, showing its key role when analyzing two important topics in the study of the professional si, 2017