This study seeks to examine the impact of specialized vocational high schools' employment support and career guidance on graduates' job satisfaction. Assuming a mediating effect of congruence between jobs and majors among career guidance, employment support, and job satisfaction, a structural equation model was proposed to analyze the study's model using the "2011 Korea Employment Information Service's High School Graduates Occupational Mobility Survey".
The study results showed a positive influence from career guidance and employment support on graduates' job satisfaction. Also, higher congruence between jobs and majors results in higher job satisfaction. In addition, the study revealed that the career guidance and employment support programs in specialized vocational high schools have a significant effect on the students' efforts to find a job that is relevant to their majors. Job and major congruence also had positive influence on job satisfaction by acting as a mediator.