Employment Status of Female Graduates: A Case Study

This research is designed to study the employment’s situation among female graduates in different majors. The Sample of study includes 292 graduates form university of Mazandaran. The data has been collected by questionnaire and then it has been analyzed by descriptive and inferential procedures. The research results show that 56.9 percent of female graduates were employed and 43 percent were unemployed. Among employed, 56 percent worked in service sector, 32% in industry and 10 percent were employed in agriculture sector. In addition 84 percent of the individual field of studies were technical and engineering, 56 percent humanities, 50 percent basic sciences, and 38 percent agriculture sciences. Factors affecting women’s employment in labor market were: instructional qualities, labor market’s needs, and practical skills. Also, female graduates faced with the following obstacles: too many graduates, limited relations with employers, and lack of information about labor market’s needs.