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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2015.16.4.2556

The Effect on Employment of Employment Preparation Activities in College Graduates  

Choe, Sun-Mi (The Graduate School of Vocational, Kyonggi University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.16, no.4, 2015 , pp. 2556-2563 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to find out the employment effectiveness of employment preparation activities that college students experience, especially focused on analyzing employment effects of college employment-related activities such as career choice and employment support program, along with individual preparation activities such as qualification, vocational training, etc. It performed binary logistic regression analysis using 2011 Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey data of 3,249 college graduates. The results showed that In college characteristics, the higher grade point average was and the more college was located in non-metropolitan area, the higher employment probability was. In the case of major field, Medicine, Education, Engineering, Social Science, Natural science in highest first order had employment probability higher than the reference group. The results showed that the number of qualification, interview skill & resume description skill program participation, and job search experience before and after graduation among employment preparation activities had an effect on employment. The rest, that is, vocational training, career employment curriculum, work experience program, career counseling program, employment camp, in-school job experience, employment goal status before graduation did not have an direct effect on employment.
Keywords
National Qualification; Career Choice & Employment Support Program; Vocational Training;
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