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A report on the influence Factors of
Graduating Students a
Survey Report on
Employment
1 Introduction
In
the last two decades, owning to education, we
witnessed a rapid development in
industry, agriculture, science and
technology in China. Education can not only enrich
people’s knowledge, but also improve
people’s moral standard as a whole. However,
with
the
new
higher
education
policies
coming
into
effect,
a
growing
number
of
college
students
are
fully
aware
of
the
uncertainties
of
their
future
careers.
How
to
find a right niche for ourselves?
As a result, we did this
study aims to investigate the influence factors of
graduating
students’ employment. We
hope we can offer some advises for college
students based
on the findings of our
research.
65
graduating
students
from
Shandong
University
were
investigated
and
65
questionnaires are valid. The
questionnaire is both in electronic form and
papery form.
We collect the data and
type the result into computer. Besides, in order
to make the
result
more
directviewing,
we
use
Excel
to
make
diagrams.
Through
our
statistical
analysis, the
results indicated that most of the college
students want to get a stable job
with
a high salary. And they tend to work in big cities
or work abroad where there has
a good
development prospect.
2 Research Design
2.1 Research Questions:
The questionnaire is clearly set out in
appendix I.
More specifically, the
following questions were addressed:
1.
Personally, does gender has impact on applying for
jobs?
2. In your opinion, which of the
following abilities will be the advantage when you
look for a job?
3. Do you
think what ability needs to be improved when you
look for a job?
2.2 Participants:
65
graduating
students
from
Shandong
University
were
investigated.
40
of
them
filled
in
the
questionnaire
online.
The
students
who
have
been
surveyed
were
voluntary. And the average age of
students was 20. And 30 percent of the students
are male and 70 percent of the students
are female.
2.3 Instrument:
It was designed by Li Yaru, and it was
developed in English to evaluate the thought
of
graduating
students
’
view
in
employment.
And
the
questionnaire
contained
11
items in total, including 10 choice
questions and an essay question. Modifications of
the questionnaire were made by Zhang
Yinwei, Wang Rui and Liu Yang.
2.4 Data
Collection:
The
questionnaire
was
administered
on
12
nd
,
May.
Students
were
surveyed
randomly online. And students were
asked to complete the questionnaire honestly and
carefully. In addition, students were
assured to complete anonymity of answers.
2.5 Data Analysis:
The
data
collected
from
questionnaires
were
entered
into
Excel
for
statistical
analysis.
Bar
chart
is
applied
to
evaluate
the
number
of
male
students
and
female
students. And Pie
charts were used to analyze the results of the
rest of the questions.
3 Findings:
1.
What is your
gender?
65 graduating
students from Shandong Univercity were
investigated, including 13
girls and 52
boys.
2. Which job channel do you tend
to choose?
According to
investigation result, about 68% students tend to
choose the way
through friends or
relatives to look for work. The result may be due
to the Chinese old
saying, at home one
relies on one’s parents and outside on one’s
friends
. Our familiar
people
never deceive us. Although most people tend to
relatives and help find work,
but there
are still roughly 17% the graduates want to look
for a job through
recruitment fair.
This suggests that some college students tend to
find a job by own
efforts.
3. After graduation, which field do you
hope to work?
It
is
surprised
that
89%
of
college
students
are
not
willing
to
work
in
a
major-related
field.
They
think
the
university
teaches
learning
methods
instead
of
professional knowledge.
As a result, a cross-professional job will not
affect the future
development, and this
will give them more challenges in the wok.
4. Do you think which your
preferred salary standard is?
For graduating students, the salary of
their first job should not be too high. But it
is found that 46% of people choose the
highest salary. This suggests that some of the
graduates are full of themselves. In
their mind, such work is not worth doing. This is
also the reason why a lot of college
students can't find work.
5. In the process of looking for a job
search, which will hinder your choice?
In
the
process
of
looking
for
a
job,
the
biggest
obstacle
is
poor
working
conditions.
With
the
improvement
of
living
standard,
many
college
students
are
pampered
and
they
can’t
bear
t
he
poor
working
environment.
Therefore,
51%
the
people
want
to
have
good
working
conditions.
In
addition,
salary
is
another
big
obstacle.
6
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Personally,
does gender has impact on applying for jobs?