The purpose of this study is to gather basic data required for career education and development of employment assistance services for women students. The survey covers such issues as women students' desired jobs, their understanding of the labor market, employment preparations, and so on. Survey subjects are 3,000 junior college students and 3,000 university students. The result of the survey is compared to those of other statistical surveys dealing with the employment conditions of young university graduates. Macro statistical data materials used for comparative study include “2006 Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey (KEIS),” “2007 Economically Active Population Survey (KNSO),” “2007 Occupational Employment Statistics (KEIS),” etc.
Most significant differences between female students and male students are as follows: First, more female students like administrative jobs and professional jobs, and there is less variety in their desired jobs. Accordingly, there is fierce competition among female students over jobs that they prefer (teacher, social welfare worker, dietician, government administrative officer, trade clerk and financial employee). Second, whereas male students at junior colleges and universities prefer male-dominated occupations, female university students also showed a strong tendency to enter male-dominated occupations rather than female-dominated occupations. Third, as we compared the desired salaries of male and female students who want the same profession, we found that female students' desired salaries deviate less from the actual salaries. Fourth, although over half of new female (junior college and university) graduates are employed in private businesses (including medium and small companies and foreign corporations), female students show a great preference for public sector organizations (government organizations, state enterprises, public corporations and government-funded organizations) that employ just around 10% of new female college or university graduates. Fifth, 62.5% of female junior college students and 64.9% of female university students think that acquiring advanced academic degrees is helpful in getting jobs, and these are higher percentages compared to male students. Finally, women students consider working conditions that include elimination of sexual discrimination in employment and promotion, maternity protection and childcare support much more important compared to male students.
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