인문계열 대졸자의 기업 취업과정

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to focus on humanities college graduates reported to have lower quantitative and qualitative achievements in the labor market compared to other majors, and to look closely at what their search for employment is like and what experiences they have in the process.
 Methods The research method of this study is as follows. Semi-structured one-on-one in-depth interviews were performed on 14 subjects who graduated from four-year university majoring in humanities disciplines and have been employed in a corporate setting for fewer than 3 years. Interview data were analyzed based on the grounded theoretical method of Strauss and Corbin (1990; 1998; 2001).
 Results The major findings can be summarized as follows. First, categorizing through open coding works yielded 178 concepts, 43 subcategories, and 26 categories. Second, paradigm models of experiences of humanities graduate students in the employment process were presented. Third, the stages of the employment process of the humanities graduates through process analysis were derived: ‘exploration of career alternatives’, ‘career alternative expansion/conversion’, ‘employment preparation behavior’, and ‘job retention’.
 Conclusions The main phenomenon experienced by humanities college graduates in the employment process of company was found to be “anxiety due to the social limitations of their major”. They were more aware of the social double barriers of ‘humanities’ and ‘gender’ than personal internal barriers in the employment process of companies. Based on the results of this study, the correct direction of career and employment education for humanities majors was suggested at the university career and employment center and Humanities department level, and at the national and company level.