A SURVEY ON VIEW OF FINDING EMPLOYMENT AND REASONS TO CHOOSE A COMPANY BY STUDENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF JAPANESE FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATION AT SRIPATUM UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to clarify a view of finding employment and the reasons to choose a company by a questionnaire survey targeting 21 third-year students at the Department of Japanese for Business Communication, Sripatum University, Thailand. The questionnaire consisted of two questions and the number of valid respondents was 20 students. Cronbach’s coefficient alpha was 0.99 in the first question and was 0.81 in the second question. The discussions were processed after the analysis of the respondents’ answer behaviors. The research findings have revealed a variety of attitudes; personal satisfaction with labor, a job as a means of living, and self-fulfillment through the work, on the other hand, it was also found that career-minded attitudes were extremely low. As for the reasons for a company choice, the working conditions were prioritized, such as managemental stability or treatment in a company, and it also showed a tendency to value workplace environment rather than a company itself. From these findings, it is expected to improve the quality of career education through a set of career-related course subjects in the curriculum and to provide appropriate advice and guidance in each subject for each grade.