The main object of this paper is to investigate the work careers and life careersof Toyo Eiwa University alumnae, and to examine what influenced their decision makingand their feelings about their careers.The authors prepared an original sociological and opinion survey on all 2930alumnae, grouped according to their graduate years. The survey was conducted onan unregistered basis in July 2007. The questionnaires were mailed to the alumnaewhose graduate year is even. Seven hundred sixty two (25% ) of the alumnae respondedto the survey. The response rate was not high enough to come to any definite conclusionon the behavior of and thought concerning the career building of Toyo EiwaUniversity alumunae. However, the authors believe that it is very important to investigatethe results and report on findings that may be useful in reviewing and improvingcolledge education.The alumnae association of Toyo Eiwa University kindly allowed use of its listof members, and Hajime Sasaki, the head officer of the career section of Toyo EiwaUniversity, helped us to elaborate the questionnaires and to contact the alumnae.The paper consists of five sections: 1) the purpose of the study; 2) the report onthe entire survey; 3) the relation between the first job decision making and its results;4) the timing of retirement from the first job and life course; 5) the free opinion of thealumnae and some findings. Sections 1 and 2 were written by Hayashi; Section 3 waswritten by Hasegawa; Section 4 was written by Arita; Section 5 was written by Kawasaki
