Finnish University Graduates of Year 2011: Career and Employment Survey 2016

The survey charted the career and employment situations of people who had graduated from Finnish universities with a lower (BA/BSc or equivalent) or higher (MA/MSc or equivalent) degree in 2011. The survey was conducted five years after graduation. The first part investigated the respondents' education and work history. They were asked whether they had, after graduation, participated in job-related training, career guidance or any additional professional qualification or higher education studies. The respondents were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with a set of attitudinal statements regarding their degree and its usefulness for employment. Further questions covered how many employers the respondents had had, whether the respondents had been entrepreneurs, self-employed or freelancers, and whether they had been outside the labour market because of a family leave or unemployment. The respondents' satisfaction with their career thus far was charted, along with current occupational status, type of employer, and type of current work tasks as well as the work tasks of their first job after graduation. The respondents were also asked whether the first job after graduation had required an academic degree, whether it had been commensurate with their qualification, and if not, why they had accepted the job. It was also examined to what extent the respondents had been able to utilise knowledge and skills gained during their university studies. Monthly gross income at the time of the survey was charted. Next, the respondents were asked which factors had had an impact on their employment after graduation (e.g. major/minor subjects, internship, work experience, personal networks). Questions also covered how important certain skills and know-how were in the respondents' current job and how well their studies had developed these skills (e.g. theoretical or practical knowledge of their field, problem solving, managerial skills, negotiation skills, project management, and communication in English). Background variables included the respondent's gender, age at the time of graduation (categorised), monthly gross income (top-coded), NUTS3 region of residence, the university they attended, and information on the degree (field of study, number of credits required for the degree, degree level).

本调查针对2011年从芬兰高校毕业、获得本科（BA/BSc或同等学位）或研究生（MA/MSc或同等学位）层次学历的人群，于毕业五年后开展，追踪其职业与就业状况。调查第一模块调研受访者的教育与工作履历：询问其毕业后是否参与过职业相关培训、职业指导、额外职业资质认证或高等教育深造；请受访者针对学位及其对就业的实用性等一系列态度陈述，表达同意或反对意见。后续问题涵盖：受访者曾任职的雇主数量、是否曾为创业者、个体经营者或自由职业者，是否因育儿假或失业脱离劳动力市场；统计受访者迄今为止的职业满意度，同时记录当前职业身份、雇主类型、当前工作任务类型及毕业后首份工作的任务类型。此外，调查询问受访者毕业后首份工作是否要求学术学位、是否与其资质匹配，若不匹配则需说明接受该岗位的原因；同时考察受访者在多大程度上能够运用高校学习期间获得的知识与技能。调查还记录了受访时的月度毛收入。后续问题进一步包括：请受访者列举毕业后影响其就业的各类因素（例如主修/辅修科目、实习经历、工作经验、个人人脉网络等）；调研特定技能与专业知识在受访者当前工作中的重要程度，以及其学业对这些技能的培养效果——例如本领域的理论或实践知识、问题解决能力、管理技能、谈判技巧、项目管理能力及英语沟通能力。本次调查的背景变量涵盖：受访者性别、毕业时年龄（分类变量）、月度毛收入（上限截尾）、居住的NUTS3区域、就读高校，以及学位相关信息（专业领域、学位所需学分、学位层次）。