تحليل نظرات مديران اجرايي نسبت به اشتغال دانش‌آموختگان كشاورزي‌

Executive Administratorsʹ Perceptions Towards Agricultural Graduates Employment

Youth unemployment, specially academic graduates in agriculture fields, is one of the severe challenges in recent years in Iran. The aim of this research was to investigate the status of agricultural graduates employment. A survey research methodology was conducted in this research and "content analysis" was used to infer the perceptions of the subjects. The population of the study consisted of all the chief administrators of the Jihad-e-Keshavarzi organizations of all provinces in Iran; therefore census study were applied. The research instrument was an open ended questionnaire which was mailed to the respondents after its face validity was confirmed by experts in Agricultural Extension and Education Department, Shiraz University. The results indicate that the majority of the administrators (900/0) believed in "Economic Orientation" in contrast to 10% who agreed toward "Social Orientation" in curriculum planning of higher agricultural education. In this study also, competencies and skills needed for governmental and nongovernmental sectors, were investigated and presented. Finally strategies to enhance employability for agricultural graduates in public, private, and self-employment sectors were suggested.