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).

本调查描绘了2011年毕业于芬兰大学、持有较低学位（学士/理学学士或同等学位）或较高学位（硕士/理学硕士或同等学位）的人员的职业与就业状况。调查在毕业五年后进行。首部分探究了受访者的教育及工作历史。受访者被问及毕业后是否参与了与工作相关的培训、职业指导或任何额外的职业资格或高等教育课程。受访者被询问他们对学位及其对就业的实用性的态度陈述表示赞同或反对。进一步的提问涵盖了受访者曾有多少雇主、是否为企业家、自雇或自由职业者、以及是否因家庭休假或失业而脱离劳动市场。调查了受访者对迄今为止职业的满意度、当前的职业状态、雇主类型、当前工作任务的类型以及毕业后的第一份工作的工作任务。受访者还被问及毕业后的第一份工作是否需要学术学位、是否与他们的资格相符，如果不相符，为何接受该工作。同时，还考察了受访者在多大程度上能够利用大学期间获得的知识和技能。记录了调查时的月均毛收入。接下来，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）。问题还涉及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）、居住的NUTS3区域、所就读的大学以及有关学位的信息（研究领域、学位所需的学分、学位级别）。