Gender Comparison of Turnover Behavior in Early College Graduates’ Careers：Based on a survey of college graduates in their third year in the workforce (hired in 2016 and 2017)

The purpose of this study was to clarify how to minimize the turnover behavior of early college graduates in their careers, especially focusing on the “reality shock” that promotes turnover behavior, by gender and by humanities and sciences. This study was based on a survey of college graduates in their third year in the workforce (hired in 2016 and 2017). It was found that women tend to leave their jobs earlier than men. In particular, in the sciences women were shown to have a higher turnover rate than men. The results indicated that the “Shock due to skill gaps in the workplace” may have a significant impact on the early turnover behavior of people in the sciences. On the other hand, people in the humanities were not affected by the “Shock due to skill gaps in the workplace”. Male early leavers were found to suffer more from multiple types of reality shock than their female counterparts.