Acaric Co., Ltd., which specializes in career support for engineers and researchers, conducted a survey on "business utilization of graduate school experience" for 5 working adults who have completed graduate school and have been working at companies for more than 108 years. Carried out.

 According to the survey, 19.3% said "I think very much" and 30.6% said "I think a little" when asked "Do you think that the research process and thinking methods cultivated through graduate school are utilized in the actual work situation?" Answered.It was found that about half felt that their graduate school experience was put to good use in their actual work.

 When asked what kind of situations they are used in, "Survey / Research" was 72.2%, "Material / Report Creation" was 61.1%, and "Problem Definition" was 59.3%.In the free answer, "when thinking about goal setting and its process", "when you want to improve efficiency", "scenes of system development", "various situations where logical thinking ability is required", etc. were raised.

 When asked "Do you think the experience you have cultivated through graduate school is evaluated in your current workplace?", 13.9% answered "very think" and 33.3% answered "somewhat", and about half of them were evaluated. I think.In the open-ended responses, "position at the time of joining the company" and "scenes such as presentations where information such as literature was collected" were mentioned as scenes where evaluation was felt.

 In this survey, it is clear that many working adults who have completed graduate school have been able to utilize their experience in graduate school even after becoming a working adult, and have realized that it is one of the factors that are evaluated in the workplace. became.Above all, the way of thinking of the research process that was carried out at the graduate school can be said to be one of the abilities that can be used immediately.For students who are uncertain about whether to go on to graduate school or get a job, the voices of seniors based on their experience of going to graduate school may be a boost.

Reference: [PR TIMES] 49.9% of graduate school graduates answered that their experience in research and thinking at graduate school is "utilized in their work". 

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