Employment status of Refsanjan Medical Sciences University graduates

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