An Investigation on Employment Situation of Sociology Graduates and Effective Foctors Influencing on It

One of the most important social problems in Iran is widespread unemployment of university graduates in all fields especially among the human sciences. The main goal of this research is to investigate employment status of sociology graduates and determination of its relationship with some socio- demographic variables. Research method is follow-up survey. Target population is all graduates of bachelor and master degrees of sociology department at Yasouj university during the years 2010, 2011and 2012. Data were gathered through telephone contact with graduates and their academic report card. Based on the descriptive findings, a total of 53.7% of graduates were employed and 46.3% were jobless. Of the total employed, 51.7% were employed in non governmental sectors, 65.5% had part-time jobs and 38% were in jobs that were not directly related to their field of study. However, the analytical findings showed that; sex, academic course (unpaid or paid), participating in educational courses after graduating, living in urban or rural area, and average of theoretical lessons, are not associated with employment situation. But educational level (BA or MA degree), average of applied lessons, total average and research activities, are significantly associated with employment situation. Explanation of the employment status based on total of the independents variable using logistic regression showed that; degree (MA) and average of applied lessons, have significant effect on probability of employment and are able to explain about 38% of the variance of the employment chance.