고졸 청년여성의 취업과 직장 경험에 관한 연구 -광주지역 특성화고 졸업자를 중심으로-

Abstract

This paper purpose to analyze specialized high school graduates youth women’s employment, career and their experience in Gwangju by interview. For this purpose, we look at the employment situation of specailized high school graduate for last 4 years, policies about youth employment and high school graduates in Gwangju. And We tried to listen the experience of career/emplyment and the opinions of vocational education by interviewing women graduates and teachers. A summary of the conclusions of this paper as follows. First, specialized high school graduates employment situation show that women are at relatively higher employment rates and salary starting salary levels. However, women’s employment stability was low. And it was found that the restrictive employment in occupations still a gender separation system. In addition, it was found that beginning salary level appeared to drop for both men graduates and women graduates, unlike the employment rate of specailized graduates rising every year. In other words, a specailized high school graduates are likely to have been discriminated against in terms of quality of labour. Second, interview subjects choose employment influenced by the high school graduates limited competition system. The women participated in various job preparation programs while in school, but these programs are not a real help to workplace after graduation. In addition, factors affecting the labor market entry and maintain work of employees is complex impact such as unbalanced labor relations, wages, working conditions, work intensity, corporate welfare and work conditions, etc.. Third, vocational education tends to emphasize ‘character education’. This reflects the need of enterprises, at the same time reveals a contradiction in the unequality of labour market structure. It said that ‘Character education’ is to help maintain employment and career. But actually, this training methods are likely to hinder the students recognized labor rights. Forth, Women have experienced discrimination due to age and level of education. And There was a look of resolve to work with the informal networks and personal strategies rather than resolved through the formal system when problems occur. Social implications that can be obtained on the basis of at least results are as follows. First, in order to maintain a career for women who graduate from specialized high school, it is necessary that long-term prospects of vacational education curriculum, capacity building program, concidering gender-based and job-specific characteristics. Second, it is necessary to improve the business environment for high school graduates career development. Third, it is necessary to try to make labor-friendly and youth-friendly labor market structures, as a whole society.