Doctoral Graduates of Year 2016: Career and Employment Survey 2019

The survey charted the careers and employment situations of Finnish doctoral graduates three years after they had obtained their degree in 2016. Themes of the survey included impact of a doctoral degree on employment, job satisfaction and development suggestions for doctoral education. The respondents were first asked to what extent different reasons had impacted their decision to take up a doctoral degree, and how they had financed their studies. They were asked to estimate the share of time they had spent on their doctoral dissertation alongside other work. Relating to employment situation and quality of work, questions charted how the degree had affected the respondents' status in the job market and what their occupational status was at the time of the survey and what it had been 6 months before starting the degree and 6 months after finishing it. The respondents were asked if they had been unemployed after finishing their degree, and reasons were charted that potentially had hindered their employment. The respondents who were in paid work were asked the type of their current work tasks and the competences needed in their work. It was also examined whether a doctoral degree was a prerequisite for their current job, how well the respondents' work corresponded to their qualifications, and whether their work was related to the topic of their doctoral dissertation. Gross monthly income was also charted. With regard to the significance of a doctoral degree in occupational life, general satisfaction with the degree was charted along with opinions on whether doctoral education was useful when it came to different types of competences needed in occupational life. Relating to developing and improving doctoral education, views were probed on things that should be emphasised in the education (e.g. skills related to teaching, entrepreneurship, management, popularisation of research results, career planning, presentation skills). Background variables included the respondent's gender, field of study, and age at the time of graduation (dichotomised "under 36"/"36 and over").

本调研描绘了2016年获得学位三年后的芬兰博士毕业生职业生涯及就业状况。调研主题涵盖了博士学位对就业、工作满意度及博士教育发展建议的影响。受访者首先被询问不同原因对其攻读博士学位决策的影响程度，以及他们如何筹集学费。他们还被要求估算在攻读博士学位期间投入于论文写作与其他工作的时比。针对就业状况及工作质量，调研通过一系列问题探讨了学位如何影响受访者在职场中的地位，以及他们在调研时的职业状况、学位开始前六个月及学位完成后六个月的职业状况。受访者还被询问他们在完成学位后是否失业，以及阻碍他们就业的可能原因。对于有工作的受访者，调研询问了他们当前工作任务的类型以及工作中所需的能力。同时，还考察了博士学位是否是他们当前工作的必要条件，受访者的工作与其资质的匹配程度，以及他们的工作是否与博士论文的主题相关。此外，还记录了受访者的毛月收入。关于博士学位在职业生活中的重要性，调研还探讨了受访者对学位的总体满意度，以及博士教育在满足职业生活中不同类型能力需求方面的有用性观点。针对博士教育的开发与改进，调研还探究了教育中应强调的内容（例如与教学、创业、管理、研究成果的普及、职业规划、演讲技巧相关的技能）。背景变量包括受访者的性别、研究领域以及毕业时的年龄（划分为“36岁以下”和“36岁及以上”）。