68 per cent of those with initial vocational qualifications are employed persons in 2021

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release | Transition from school to further education and work 2021

According to Statistics Finland's education statistics, employment became easier for recent graduates with initial vocational qualifications in 2021. Sixty-eight per cent of them were employed in the following year after graduation. Those with qualifications from the fields of health and welfare found employment easiest.

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  • Employment of those with initial vocational qualifications improved by six percentage points from the previous year.
  • Women with initial vocational qualifications found employment more easily than men, the difference between the sexes was 13 percentage points.
  • Employment was found by 89 per cent of those with Master's degrees from universities and by 95 per cent of those with Master's degrees from universities of applied sciences.

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  • Gender
  • Region of residence
  • Field of education
  • Level of education
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  • Age
  • Level of education
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Transition from school to further education and work [online publication].
Reference period: 2021. ISSN=1798-9469. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 26.12.2024].
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