More than half of students plan to work in their specialty

Higher education for the majority in price
Only 13% of our respondents did not receive higher education and are not going to receive it in the future. Of these, more than half (52%) after school decided to receive secondary specialized education, and 38% immediately began to work.

At the same time, 45% of those who do not seek a diploma about higher education agree that he does not guarantee successful employment, and another 44% consider getting higher education a waste of time, because, in their opinion, everything can be learned at work .

Most applicants (85%), regardless of whether they have a higher education or not, plan to improve their knowledge and improve their skills through additional education (online courses, training, reading literature, and so on).

The highest share among those who are definitely going to increase their knowledge in the areas of IT (70%), art and mass media (68%), construction and real estate (61%), marketing and PR, as well as in personnel management (60 each) %).

How to choose universities
We asked applicants who have already received higher education or are getting it now, according to what criteria they chose universities. The main criterion was the presence in the university of a curriculum for the chosen specialty - it was named by 58% of respondents. Moreover, among current students, the percentage of those who choose this option is higher (75%) than among those who have already completed higher education (they have 54%). And more than half (61%) of current students are going to later work in their specialty.

The second place among the selection criteria is the prestige of the university (31% of respondents chose this answer option), and the parents' opinion (24% of respondents) is the third.

Moreover, current students are more independent in their choice than those who have already unlearned. Of the first, only 16% depended on the opinions of the parents, while of the already unlearned such 26%. The difference is noticeable in such criteria as the reviews of graduates and the place of the university in various ratings: current students relied more on them than those who had already graduated. We remind you that hh.ru annually compiles its ranking of universities, based on the demand for graduates in the labor market.

Education received - what's next?
Every third applicant is only partially satisfied with their higher education. Among those who have already received a diploma, the proportion of those satisfied is slightly higher than among those who are studying now (45% versus 35%). But among students, the proportion of those who found it difficult to answer the question is higher.

Most of all, the proportion of people satisfied with higher education is among top managers (62%), least of all is among representatives of the tourism and restaurant sector (32%).

Of those who do not work in their specialties, more than half (54%) tried to do this, but then abandoned: the highest share is for those who currently work in the transport sector (73%) and in production (62%).

Distribution of answers to the question: have you tried to work in your specialty?
The question was asked to those who are not currently working in their specialty. The percentage of answers is given.

Most often they stopped working in their specialty because of:

low salary (45%);
dim prospects for career growth (30%);
lack of interest in the profession (“I realized (a) that it wasn’t mine”) - 24%.
Distribution of answers to the question: why did they stop working in their specialty?

The same three reasons, only in a slightly different order, were named by those who did not even try to start working in their specialty.

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