Analysis of Educational Factors on the College Graduates' Starting Salary in Guangzhou in Recent Ten Years
This paper presents an investigation on the starting salary of 10790 college graduates working in Guangzhou.The results show that,education,school,gender,major,job matching status,family residence,scholastic record as well as comprehensive quality of a graduate all have affect on their starting salary.Among these factors,education has the greatest affect on the starting salary,followed by school,comprehensive quality and scholastic record,whereas gender,job matching status,major and family residence have little affect.The investigation shows that when the employment situation is severe,the impacts of school,comprehensive quality and gender on starting salary increase.Based on the research results,a series of suggestions are given.