Author(s)

YuanYu Li

Affiliation(s)

Guangdong Vocational institute of Public Administration, Guangzhou 510550, Guangdong, China.

Corresponding Author

YuanYu Li

ABSTRACT

Addressing the common challenges in current higher vocational education employment quality assessments—such as "reliance on single metrics, fragmented data, and delayed feedback"—this paper draws from practical experiences in vocational education to develop a three-dimensional evaluation framework: "Program-Industry Fit - Stakeholder Satisfaction - Career Development Capability". Grounded in the principles of being "perceptible, communicable, and actionable," the framework employs concrete methods like matching programs with industry codes, conducting graduate satisfaction surveys, and following up with career development tracking. These approaches transform abstract quality indicators into tangible, actionable markers represented by symbols—"circle, smiley face, and arrow"—and utilize a "red-yellow-green" traffic-light grading system alongside a structured "six-step closed-loop" implementation process. This innovative approach effectively tackles the longstanding issues of traditional evaluations being "difficult to understand and hard to apply". Ultimately, the study aims to equip higher vocational institutions with a unified employment quality assessment framework, fostering a positive synergy between evaluation practices and talent-development reforms, while providing replicable and scalable best practices to enhance and optimize vocational education.

KEYWORDS

Higher vocational graduates; Employment quality; A three-dimensional evaluation system; Professional suitability; Career development capabilities

CITE THIS PAPER

YuanYu Li. Construction and application of a three-dimensional evaluation system for employment quality of higher vocational graduates: professional fit - stakeholder satisfaction - career development capability. Trends in Social Sciences and Humanities Research. 2025, 3(8): 9-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.61784/tsshr3197.

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