Objectives This study is to help prepare basic data required for vocational education and career counseling for liberal arts students by analyzing career barriers and employment preparation behavior that college students of liberal arts in Sichuan Province perceive. Methods The subjects of this study were college students of liberal arts of K-University in Sichuan Province, China. The SPSS 20 program is used to determine the difference in the average values of each of both the six sub-variables of the career barrier and the two sub-variables of the employment preparation behavior by gender, academic year, hometown, and siblings. Results The results of the study showed a significant difference in the level of p≤.05 for employment barriers by gender (t=-1.96, p≤.05). In other words, for employment competition barrier, female had higher values than male(male=2.61, female=2.72). For external preparation behavior, male were higher than female(t=3.68, p≤.05; male=3.01, female=2.69). And for internal preparation behavior, male were higher than female(t=2.18, p≤.05; male=3.52, female=3.34). As the academic year increased, occupational knowledge barriers, employment competition barriers, major level barriers, and the relative attitude barriers had high values, all of which had significant differences at the level of p≤.05(occupational knowledge barriers: F=5.99; employment competition barriers: F=2.18; major level barriers: F=5.82; relative attitude barriers: F=5.37). External preparation behavior was also increased by an increase in academic year(F=2.95, p≤.05). For social ability barriers, rural district were higher than urban(t=2.03, p≤.05; urban=2.11, rural=2.25). And for home environment barriers, rural district were higher than urban(t=4.56, p≤.05; urban=1.81, rural=2.13). On the other hand, no difference was found between urban and rural district in terms of external and internal preparation behaviors. Among the lower variables of the career barrier, a college student without siblings only for the home environment barrier had a higher price than a college student with siblings. However, it was noted that there was no effect for employment preparation behavior by the presence and absence of siblings. Conclusions This study identified the career barriers and the employment preparation behaviors recognized by the college students of liberal arts of K-university in Sichuan Province according to demographic variables. Based on the results of this study, the suggestions are made on how to promote ‘internal preparation behaviors’ and ‘employment preparation behaviors of women’ for college students of the liberal arts of K-university in Sichuan Province