• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.26-39
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to compare and analyze the employment rate of engineering graduates in the last eight years (2011-2018) by gender and majors. Using the statistical yearbook for employment of higher education graduates provided by the Korea Educational Development Institute (KEDI), the employment rate and retained employment rate of engineering graduates were investigated. As results, first, the employment rate has been decreasing since 2011, and the gender employment rate gap has not narrowed and women have always been lower than men. Second, most of the engineering graduates were workers with employee health insurance. On the other hand, women were higher than men in works with self-employee health insurance. Third, from 2016 to 2018, the retained employment rate of engineering graduates was similar, and as the survey progressed, the retained employment rate decreased. In particular, women had lower retained employment rate than men. The study is meaningful in that it suggested ways to bridge the gap between gender and majors employment rates of engineering graduates.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.45-52
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• 2016

The employment rate of a college has long been one of the most important elements in college survival strategies. Employment rates may not be key to colleges' survival in other countries, but they are fundamental to colleges in Korea as seen in the Korean government-led National Competency Standard (NCS), which has been underway since its introduction to colleges in Korea. Against this backdrop, if the engineering accreditation system can contribute to improving employment rate in this context, it can take root more quickly. The process conducive to improving employment rates can be classified as both direct and indirect methods. With dwindling school-age population having impacts on colleges and universities, the environment and the education directions of colleges have rapidly been shifting since the introduction of the NCS. Therefore, various survival strategies for colleges need to be developed. An indicator of employment rate of college graduates is among the most important things during this transition process. The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Koje College has consistently shown good records during the past 5 years by matching the accreditation schemes and employment strategies. The department will help put in place the engineering technology education accreditation system at the college through its various innovative and effective programs. To formulate a better employment strategy, it is needed to reflect and consolidate the engineering accreditation scheme into the existing employment policy of college. In short, this paper examines both the engineering accreditation scheme and the employment policy in ways that helps produce a coupling matrix structure. This study looks into the measures for improving employment rates by better adjusting the engineering education methods under the accreditation scheme.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.288-306
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• 2015

This study analyzes the determinants on employment of 4-year college graduates. Data were collected from nine semesters from 2009 to 2014 totaling 4,176 engineering graduates of University ‘A’ in the capital area of Korea. Employment is analyzed on three levels reflecting the quality of employment such as total employment, preferred jobs and the top 500 companies. Eighteen variables were divided into four categories such as private attributes, curriculum activities, non-curriculum activities, and job preparation activities. The Hierarchical Logistic Regression Model was used. The results are as follows: top determinants included in each definition of employment are departments group, gender, employment program, and internship program. Also, grade points in major and basic courses were added as a result of curriculum activities. There is no statistical significance in household income, club activities and employment preparation activities. Also, the curriculum for major intensive courses and multi-majoring imposed by the university are not effective.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.3-11
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• 2014

This study investigated the effects of WIE(Women into Engineering) programs on women engineers' employment and career duration. For this study, the 91 female graduates with a degree in the field of engineering of K university who graduated from 2010 to 2013 were collected. The female graduates with a degree in the field of engineering of K university were divided into 4 groups-an employment group of relevant field of major, an employment group of irrelevant field of major, a group of graduate school, and a group of unemployment. The results were: first, the female graduates' program participation scores showed meaningful diversity according to the types of employment of female graduates with a degree in the field of engineering. Among the 4 types of employment of female graduates with a degree in the field of engineering, the group of graduate schoolers got the highest program participation scores, and the employment group of relevant field of major got the second scores, the group of unemployment got the third scores, and the employment group of irrelevant field of major got the last scores. Second, The female graduates' program participation scores showed meaningful diversity according to the career duration of female graduates with a degree in the field of engineering. The career duration in accordance with the program participation scores showed meaningful difference between the employment group of relevant field of major and the employment group of irrelevant field of major.

• International conference on construction engineering and project management
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• 2007.03a
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• pp.601-610
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• 2007

Responding to the fierce market competition and trying to cut personnel costs, the construction industry in Taiwan is adopting atypical employment in human resource. To discover this trend, this study employed a questionnaire survey to investigate the current use of atypical employment by domestic contractors and its possible impacts on the industry. According to the 103 returned valid questionnaires, 40.8% of the respondent contractors have applied some atypical employment types in recent three years and most of them used fixed-term employment. The major reasons the contractors used atypical employees are to reduce personnel costs, to deal with business fluctuations and to streamline personnel. According to the respondents, there is no significant difference between the advantages and disadvantages of using a large number of atypical employees in the short term. However, in the long term, atypical employment is generally more disadvantageous than advantageous.

• Journal of Practical Engineering Education
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.233-241
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• 2023

This study analyzes the construction status of digital employment services in Korea and presents the direction of continuous advancement and development of digital employment services based on overseas cases and the latest digital technology development trends. Find out the specific digitalization promotion strategies and current status of major countries such as Belgium, Australia, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and the United States. In addition, in order to present a plan for the development of digital employment services in Korea, we will propose a plan to expand digital employment services to online employment centers through individual and customized employment services, data openness, and expansion of public-private collaboration through digital employment services using AI and big data.

• Fire Science and Engineering
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.10-23
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• 2001

This paper study on the reforming devices of the fire officers' employment to be more efficient to their specialty. The problems about employment have been investigated and analyzed through questions and comparisons of other kinds of officers' employments. On this basis, the better devices of special employment and general employment or treatment for students after graduation who studied at the department about fire services are achieved. The efficient devices are the extension of the special employment, subject adjustment of the employment examination concerned about its relation with the real service at the fire station.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.11
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• pp.7335-7355
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• 2015

The percentage of employment is getting important in the evaluation of university as the youth unemployment is increasing day by day and job shortage is followed. To improve the employment, several research from academy and various fields has been performed. However, systemic and long-term supports for improving the percentage of employment has been raised. Therefore, this study aims to survey the main activities for employment and analyse the importance of main activities. First, supporting activities for employment are surveyed about 19 universities. Second, the relative importance of supporting activities for employment are analysed to students and employment supporter by AHP. Third, portfolio analysis are conducted to analyse the difference of awareness on the employment supporting activities. This study is expected to strengthen the capability of university's employment and help to establish the policy for employment supporting activities.

• Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.138-143
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• 2022

The employment prediction model proposed in this paper uses 16 independent variables, including self-introductions of M University students who applied for IPP and work-study internship, and 3 dependent variable data such as large companies, mid-sized companies, and unemployment. The employment prediction model for large companies was developed using Random Forest and Word2Vec with the result of F1_Weighted 82.4%. The employment prediction model for medium-sized companies and above was developed using Logistic Regression and Word2Vec with the result of F1_Weighted 73.24%. These two models can be actively used in predicting employment in large and medium-sized companies for M University students in the future.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.12-19
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• 2022

This study explored the determinants of first job employment outcomes(employment status, salary, company size) of engineering college graduates using 2018 Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey(GOMS) data. Independent variables were used as variables for personal characteristics, academic background, and job preparation efforts. The priorities and interactions between the factors determining employment outcomes were identified using the decision tree analysis. The research results are as follows. First, it was found that the most important factor in determining the 'first job employment status' was 'exam preparation(public and private company, test for teacher recruitment)' among individual's job preparation efforts. Second, the most important factor in determining 'first job salary' was 'gender' among individual characteristics. Third, the most important factor in determining the 'first company size' was the experience of 'corporate job aptitude study' among individual's job preparation efforts. Based on the results of the analysis, suggestions for establishing customized career development strategies for engineering college students were presented.