10.0% of employers indicated they will be increasing the recruitment of high school graduates in the next five years, while 82.5% said they will maintain the current level of their high school graduate intake, and 7.5% said they will be reducing the recruitment of high school graduates.
The results show that the most popular reason for increasing the recruitment of high school graduates is "satisfactory job skills of high school graduates" (35.4%), followed by "diligent attitude at work"(18.5%), which indicates that the outstanding qualities of high school educated employees serve as an important factor aiding their recruitment.
Of the policies to promote the employment of high school graduates, 72.5% of employers empathized most strongly with the need for "a policy to develop manpower competent enough to be deployed in the field from the high school stage".
Employers chose the "reinforced flexible working hour schemes" (37.6%) as the most important issue to be tackled in promoting the Employment First, University Later program for high school graduates.
"Provision of quality education programs" (29.6%) and "granting of qualifications commonly accepted in the industry" (29.2%) are found to be most important for the widespread establishment of a Korean-style dual system of work and learning.