AreportontheinfluenceFactorsofGraduatingStudentsaSurveyReportonEmployment1IntroductionInthelasttwodecades,owningtoeducation,wewitnessedarapiddevelopmentinindustry,agriculture,scienceandtechnologyinChina.Educationcannotonlyenrichpeople’sknowledge,butalsoimprovepeople’smoralstandardasawhole.However,withthenewhighereducationpoliciescomingintoeffect,agrowingnumberofcollegestudentsarefullyawareoftheuncertaintiesoftheirfuturecareers.Howtofindarightnicheforourselves?Asaresult,wedidthisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheinfluencefactorsofgraduatingstudents’employment.Wehopewecanoffersomeadvisesforcollegestudentsbasedonthefindingsofourresearch.65graduatingstudentsfromShandongUniversitywereinvestigatedand65questionnairesarevalid.Thequestionnaireisbothinelectronicformandpaperyform.Wecollectthedataandtypetheresultintocomputer.Besides,inordertomaketheresultmoredirectviewing,weuseExceltomakediagrams.Throughourstatisticalanalysis,theresultsindicatedthatmostofthecollegestudentswanttogetastablejobwithahighsalary.Andtheytendtoworkinbigcitiesorworkabroadwheretherehasagooddevelopmentprospect.2ResearchDesign2.1ResearchQuestions:ThequestionnaireisclearlysetoutinappendixI.Morespecifically,thefollowingquestionswereaddressed:1.Personally,doesgenderhasimpactonapplyingforjobs?2.Inyouropinion,whichofthefollowingabilitieswillbetheadvantagewhenyoulookforajob?3.Doyouthinkwhatabilityneedstobeimprovedwhenyoulookforajob?2.2Participants:65graduatingstudentsfromShandongUniversitywereinvestigated.40ofthemfilledinthequestionnaireonline.Thestudentswhohavebeensurveyedwerevoluntary.Andtheaverageageofstudentswas20.And30percentofthestudentsaremaleand70percentofthestudentsarefemale.2.3Instrument:ItwasdesignedbyLiYaru,anditwasdevelopedinEnglishtoevaluatethethoughtofgraduatingstudents’viewinemployment.Andthequestionnairecontained11itemsintotal,including10choicequestionsandanessayquestion.ModificationsofthequestionnaireweremadebyZhangYinwei,WangRuiandLiuYang.2.4DataCollection:Thequestionnairewasadministeredon12nd,May.Studentsweresurveyedrandomlyonline.Andstudentswereaskedtocompletethequestionnairehonestlyandcarefully.Inaddition,studentswereassuredtocompleteanonymityofanswers.2.5DataAnalysis:ThedatacollectedfromquestionnaireswereenteredintoExcelforstatisticalanalysis.Barchartisappliedtoevaluatethenumberofmalestudentsandfemalestudents.AndPiechartswereusedtoanalyzetheresultsoftherestofthequestions.3Findings:1.Whatisyourgender?65graduatingstudentsfromShandongUnivercitywereinvestigated,including13girlsand52boys.2.Whichjobchanneldoyoutendtochoose?Accordingtoinvestigationresult,about68%studentstendtochoosethewaythroughfriendsorrelativestolookforwork.TheresultmaybeduetotheChineseoldsaying,athomeonereliesonone’sparentsandoutsideonone’sfriends.Ourfamiliarpeopleneverdeceiveus.Althoughmostpeopletendtorelativesandhelpfindwork,buttherearestillroughly17%thegraduateswanttolookforajobthroughrecruitmentfair.Thissuggeststhatsomecollegestudentstendtofindajobbyownefforts.3.Aftergraduation,whichfielddoyouhopetowork?Itissurprisedthat89%ofcollegestudentsarenotwillingtoworkinamajor-relatedfield.Theythinktheuniversityteacheslearningmethodsinsteadofprofessionalknowledge.Asaresult,across-professionaljobwillnotaffectthefuturedevelopment,andthiswillgivethemmorechallengesinthewok.4.Doyouthinkwhichyourpreferredsalarystandardis?Forgraduatingstudents,th...
