A Study on the Measures to Support the Labor Market Settlement of Workers with a High School Diploma

The purpose of this study was to grasp the current status and support policies related to the labor market settlement of workers with a high school diploma, to systematically derive problems and obstacles that impede stable settlement of workers with a high school diploma in the labor market, and to provide policy support for them. The main contents of this study were as follows. First, the previous studies and major discussions on the settlement of labor market of workers with a high school diploma were reviewed. Second, by analyzing data from the 'Economically Active Population Survey' and 'Korean Education & Employment Panel Survey', the entry and adaptation status of workers with a high school diploma in the labor market was analyzed. Third, the policies and systems to support the settlement of the labor market for workers with a high school diploma were analyzed. Fourth, the questionnaires and the FGI were administered to workers with a high school diploma and corporate HR managers, and their perceptions and needs related to the labor market settlement of workers with a high school diploma were analyzed. Fifth, based on the results of the previous analysis, policy plans to support the labor market settlement for workers with a high school diploma were proposed. The main policy measures derived from analysis results were as follows. In this study, problems and obstacles in the labor market settlement of workers with a high school diploma were presented step by step, and the basic directions for improvement were suggested. Specifically, the process from high school graduates entering the labor market to stable settlement was largely divided into three stages: a decision making stage for employment after high school graduation, a stage of employment, and a stage of settlement through job movement. ..