Study title

Perceptions of Upper Secondary Education: Human Resources Administration in Companies 2022

Dataset ID Number

FSD3765

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3765
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3765

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Innolink Group

Abstract

The survey charted the perceptions and opinions of employees in personnel management in different companies regarding upper secondary education in Finland. Main themes included, among others, perceptions of how well the competence of persons who had completed upper secondary education met the requirements of working life and how general and vocational upper secondary education are appreciated. The study was commissioned by the Ministry of Education and Culture and Skills Finland.

First, the respondents' own positive or negative attitudes towards upper secondary education were charted. Their perceptions of whether the need for general and vocational upper secondary education would increase in Finland over the next few years was examined. Next, the respondents described how well they think the provision of vocational education and training matched the demand of the labour market. Finally, the respondents were asked whether their company had recruited new employees in the past year, and whether these recruits had completed general or vocational upper secondary education.

Background variables included the number of employees in the respondent's company, the company's industry of employment, the region (NUTS3) and type of the municipality where the company was located, the percentage of employees in the company who had general or vocational upper secondary qualifications, as well as the respondent's highest level of education, gender and age group.

Keywords

businesses; education; educational provision; labour market; personnel management; recruitment; upper secondary education; vocational education

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Vocational education and training (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Employment (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Perception Surveys on Upper Secondary Education

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Innolink Group

Data Producers

• Skills Finland
• Ministry of Education and Culture

Time Period Covered

2022

Collection Dates

2022-08-08 – 2022-10-10

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Personnel management in different companies in Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

The sample size of the survey is 101 decision-makers in personnel management involved in recruiting new employees in different companies. The sample is collected from three cities in Finland.

Collection Mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Research Instrument

Semi-structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

To prevent identification of respondents, most of the open-ended variables and all open-ended responses to the response option 'Other, please specify' have been removed from the data at FSD.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Innolink Group: Perceptions of Upper Secondary Education: Human Resources Administration in Companies 2022 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2025-03-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3765; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3765

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö & Skills Finland & Innolink (2022). Toisen asteen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2022: Kvantitatiivinen osuus.

Opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö & Skills Finland & Innolink (2022). Toisen asteen koulutuksen mielikuvatutkimus 2022: Yhteenvetoraportti.