Abstract
The purpose of the study was to identify the determinants of participation in vocational education and
training for career-interrupted women aged 40 to 64. This study used the data of Lee, Yang, Song & Kim
(2020). The web survey method using the questionnaire and the self-subjective survey were conducted
simultaneously for one month in February 2020. In this study, the data of 328 women who have had a job,
but do not currently have a job, and yet wish to have a job, were analyzed. First, 21.6% of career
interrupted women participated in vocational education and training. It was found that they received
vocational education and training at ‘Vocational education and training corporations’ mainly for
reemployment, with only 11.3 percent receiving training at the ‘Women's Workforce Development
Centers’, one of the leading vocational education and training institutions for career-interrupted women.
Second, the job before career breaks for women who participated in vocational education and training
was often 'service/sales business'. Third, the participation in vocational education and training, the level
of economic retirement preparation, basic job competency, and job seeking skills were different
according to the individual characteristics of career-interrupted women. Forth, the higher the job-seeking
skills, the more likely they are to participate in vocational education and training. Therefore, it is imperative
to include content on job-seeking skills as part of vocational education and training.