Graduate and Employment in the Republic of Korea and Cambodia: Prospects and Challenges
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Foreign Legal Systems
| Author: | Sopheada Phy | ISBN: | 9783640778355 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing | Publication: | December 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sopheada Phy |
| ISBN: | 9783640778355 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Publishing |
| Publication: | December 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Publishing |
| Language: | English |
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, , language: English, abstract: The transition of graduates across the world from higher education attainment to working life is questionably still uncertain and failed to be investigated, with which set as the objective of this study. The purpose of this work is to explore the prospects and challenges of graduates in both the Republic of Korea and Cambodia on their routes from stepping into university to landing jobs in the labor market upon graduation. With this sense, the quality of higher education which if prepare students well for their future employment and the barriers hampering graduates in hunting jobs were comparatively discovered in this paper. By employing in-dept interview with senior students and graduates, and searching through document study, it could be drawn from the paper that the success or failure of graduates in the labor market can be distinctively yielded from the nexus of such factors as higher education outcome, personal endeavor, the image of university one derived from, gender performance, work experience, one' s English proficiency, the match or mismatch between their majors and job demands, and people networks, based on the different cultural, social, political and economic contexts of both the Republic of Korea and Cambodia.
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, , language: English, abstract: The transition of graduates across the world from higher education attainment to working life is questionably still uncertain and failed to be investigated, with which set as the objective of this study. The purpose of this work is to explore the prospects and challenges of graduates in both the Republic of Korea and Cambodia on their routes from stepping into university to landing jobs in the labor market upon graduation. With this sense, the quality of higher education which if prepare students well for their future employment and the barriers hampering graduates in hunting jobs were comparatively discovered in this paper. By employing in-dept interview with senior students and graduates, and searching through document study, it could be drawn from the paper that the success or failure of graduates in the labor market can be distinctively yielded from the nexus of such factors as higher education outcome, personal endeavor, the image of university one derived from, gender performance, work experience, one' s English proficiency, the match or mismatch between their majors and job demands, and people networks, based on the different cultural, social, political and economic contexts of both the Republic of Korea and Cambodia.
