An Exploration of Students' Attitudes Toward Employment Services in Private Schools: The Case of the Sanya Institute of Technology. (July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Kunqiang; Li, Li; Li, Jun (Justin); Chen, Huazheng; He, Biao; Li, Long
• Is Part Of: SAGE Open. Volume 12:Number 3(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Subjects: perceived quality -- student satisfaction -- employment services -- private higher vocational colleges; Social sciences -- Periodicals; 300.5
• DOI: 10.1177/21582440221109590
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2158-2440

Abstract

Providing long-term career coaching or counseling has become an increasingly important part of university life as the coronavirus pandemic rapidly sweeps across the world. Career coaching has become one of the most important drivers of revenue and enrollment growth in nongovernmental schools. However, little research has been carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of these long-term career coaching or counseling services. Accordingly, this study aims to use a mixed method approach to track and measure students' satisfaction from private higher vocational colleges to identify opportunities for improving employment services. Students were asked how satisfied they were with employment services provided by this private vocational school. The results obtained lead us to suggest that private higher vocational colleges could strengthen the employability of graduates by providing a wide variety of enrichment activities and establishing a regular monitoring mechanism to evaluate perceptions of their engagement and educational experiences in the current coronavirus crisis.