Finnish University Graduates of Year 2012: Career and Employment Survey 2017

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 2012. 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2012年毕业于芬兰大学，持有学士学位或同等学历（BA/BSc）以及硕士学位或同等学历（MA/MSc）的人群的职业与就业状况。调查在毕业五年后进行。首部分研究调查对象的受教育与工作经历。调查对象被问及毕业之后是否参与了与职业相关的培训、职业指导或任何额外的职业资格或高等教育课程。调查对象被询问他们对学位及其对就业的实用性的态度陈述是否认同或反对。进一步的问题涉及调查对象曾有多少雇主，他们是否曾为企业家、自雇或自由职业者，以及他们是否因家庭休假或失业而脱离劳动力市场。调查对象对其迄今为止的职业满意度、当前的职业状态、雇主类型以及当前工作任务的类型也被记录在案。调查对象还被问及他们的当前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，他们为何接受该工作。同时，考察了调查对象在大学期间获得的知识和技能的利用程度。调查还记录了调查时的月均毛收入。接下来，调查对象被问及哪些因素对他们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）。问题还包括某些技能和知识在调查对象的当前工作中有多重要，以及他们的学习如何发展了这些技能（例如：领域内的理论与实践知识、问题解决、管理技能、谈判技能、项目管理以及英语沟通）。背景变量包括调查对象的性别、毕业时的年龄（分类）、月均毛收入（顶码）、居住地的NUTS3区域、就读的大学以及关于学位的信息（研究领域、获得学位所需的学分、学位层次）。