ABSTRACT
One of the economical and social challenges of graduates of higher education is unemployment. To determine the employment status of students of Rafsanjan medical university. Through a descriptive study, out of 1168 questionnaires sent to graduated students of Rafsanjan medical university [1990- 1996] by mail, 410 questionnaires that were sent back, were analyzed. The results indicated that 60.5% of the research group were employed at one of the public or private organizations, 35.9% were unemployed and 3.6% were self- employed. Out of the employed population, 33.9% were officially hired, 20.2% were conventionally hired, 15.3% had contracts and 30.6% were in the plan of human resource. The interviewed samples [68.4%] stated that high salary was the motive behind occupation. The prevalence of employment were mostly in radiology [81.6%], nursing [79.7%], Medicine [76.7%] operation room [30.5%] an anesthesiology [46.6%]. Nearly half of the graduates were employed at public offices and the role of private section was not significant in this regard