Finnish University Graduates of Year 2014: Career and Employment Survey 2019

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 2014. 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 to 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. 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), the university they attended, and information on the degree (field of study, number of credits required for the degree, degree level).

本调查描绘了2014年毕业于芬兰大学，持有本科学位（BA/BSc或同等学历）或研究生学位（MA/MSc或同等学历）的人群的职业和就业状况。调查在毕业五年后进行。首部分调查了受访者的教育和工作经历，询问他们在毕业后是否参加过与工作相关的培训、职业指导或任何额外的专业资格或高等教育课程。受访者被要求对一系列关于其学位及其对就业有用性的态度陈述表示同意或不同意。进一步的问题涉及受访者曾经拥有多少雇主，他们是否为企业家、自雇人士或自由职业者，以及他们是否因家庭休假或失业而离开劳动力市场。调查了受访者对迄今为止职业生涯的满意度，以及当前的职业状态、雇主类型和当前工作任务的类型。受访者还被问及毕业后的第一份工作是否需要学术学位，是否与其资格相符，如果不相符，他们为何接受这份工作。此外，还考察了受访者在多大程度上能够利用在大学期间获得的知识和技能。记录了调查时的月均毛收入。接着，受访者被问及哪些因素对其毕业后的就业产生了影响（例如：主修/辅修科目、实习、工作经验、个人网络）。问题还涵盖了某些技能和知识在受访者当前工作中的重要性，以及他们的学习如何发展了这些技能（例如：领域内的理论或实践知识、问题解决能力、管理技能、谈判技能、项目管理以及英语沟通）。背景变量包括受访者的性别、毕业时的年龄（分类）、月均毛收入（最高编码）、就读的大学以及关于学位的信息（研究领域、学位所需学分、学位水平）。