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Identification of the current employment status provides useful information for policy makers and decision makers of the education system in order to plan for determining the admission capacity of students, the conditions of graduate’s recruitment, and the employment condition of various fields. The aim of this study was determining the career destiny of healthcare management major from the perspective of graduates.

This descriptive-analytic and cross-sectional study was conducted in the second half of 2018 on 108 graduates of healthcare management at Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd. Participants entered the study by census method and the data collection tool included a standard career destiny questionnaire. Statistical analyses were performed by SPSS 16 using descriptive (Frequency, Mean, Standard deviation, Percentage) and analytical (independent t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient test) statistics.

The mean score of career destiny in the present study was 3.04 ± 0.65. Of career destiny constructs, the highest and the lowest average scores were related to the specialized and professional abilities (3.69 ± 0.65 (and creating the necessary facilities for employment by the university (2.59 ± 0.63), respectively. A statistically significant relationship was found between the following dimensions: specialized and professional abilities with marital status (P = 0.046), creating the necessary facilities for employment by the university (P = 0.031), appropriateness of the curriculum and professors education with employment (P = 0.047), role of university environment and entrepreneurship skills (P = 0.034) with the variable of age, and appropriateness of the curriculum and professors education with the participants’ employment and grade point average (GPA) (P = 0.029).

It is suggested to provide employment opportunities for graduates in the field of healthcare management at different levels of the health system, educational objectives, curriculum content, clerkship, and internship courses. Furthermore, the curriculum of this field of study should be revised based on the countrychr('39')s labor market needs and the educational centers should play a more prominent role in introducing their graduates’ capabilities to the health labor market.

One of the main missions of universities is to train skillful manpower for the society. The higher education institutions try to find out what their graduates will face in the society and if they have a chance to use their specialty. This research was performed to determine the job future of the graduates in Semnan. In a cross-sectional study, all nursing graduates (B.S.) who had been graduated during 1992-1999 were studied (N=174). 93 persons participated in the survey by completing a questionnaire containing 10 questions. The data were analyzed by SPSS software. Frequency distribution, standard deviation and the mean of all questions were calculated and also Chi2 test was used. 60.22% of the participants were female. 30.12% of them were hired as permanent employees. Most of them worked at the hospitals and 43.1% were employed in non-nursing positions. Only 17.2% were employed within less than 6 months and the rest were unemployed in a period of 6 months to 3 years after graduation. Also, 17.2% were unemployed at the time of this study. Most of them (60.21%) had not entered postgraduate studies and 2.61% had continued their studies for non-nursing majors. 6.45% had changed their major of study and also their jobs. 80.64% of the participants did not have any contacts with their schools. And only 17.2% were employed in hospitals affiliated to Semnan University of Medical Sciences. Chi2 – test showed a significant relationship between gender and the period of unemployment. The results revealed the long period of unemployment of nursing graduates, the undetermined hiring situation and employment in fields other than nursing. It is recommended to consider society's needs and student's interests at the time of admission to the university and take some measures concerning employment problems.