Finnish University Graduates of Year 2013: Career and Employment Survey 2018

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 2013. 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. The respondents were also asked whether their current job required an academic degree, whether it was 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2013年毕业于芬兰大学，持有较低（学士学位/学士学位或相当学位）或较高（硕士学位/硕士学位或相当学位）学历的人群的职业与就业状况。调查在毕业五年后进行。首部分对受访者的教育和工作经历进行了探究。受访者被询问是否在毕业后参与了与工作相关的培训、职业指导或任何额外的专业资格或高等教育课程。受访者还被要求对一系列关于其学位及其对就业有用性的态度声明表示同意或不同意。进一步的问题涵盖了受访者拥有多少雇主，他们是否为企业家、自雇者或自由职业者，以及他们是否因家庭休假或失业而处于劳动力市场之外。调查还记录了受访者迄今为止对职业的满意度，以及当前的职业状态、雇主类型和当前工作任务的类型。受访者还被询问他们当前的工作是否需要学术学位，是否与他们的资格相称，如果不相称，他们为何接受该工作。此外，还考察了受访者能够多大程度地利用在大学期间获得的知识和技能。调查还记录了调查时的月度毛收入。接下来，受访者还被询问哪些因素影响了他们毕业后的就业（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能力）。背景变量包括受访者的性别、毕业时的年龄（分类）、月度毛收入（上限编码）、居住的NUTS3区域、就读的大学以及有关学位的信息（研究领域、获得学位所需的学分数量、学位级别）。