Inefficiency in the University-Industry Relationship
Subject Areas : Special
1 - Assistant Professor Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Industry / Market and University, Employment graduates, Social sciences. ,
Abstract :
This article focuses on the employment status after graduation (2012-2022) of the Faculty of Social Sciences of Allameh Tabatabai University. It identifies the most critical challenges they face in seeking a job. The research approach is combined and based on the survey method in the first stage, as well as open question coding and theme extraction with the thematic analysis method. In the first phase of the research, an online questionnaire was designed and presented to the statistical population of 2088 people, and 268 of them participated in the survey. Descriptive findings show 68.3% of the graduates, of which 35.1% had permanent government jobs, the lowest number, equal to 6.3%, were self-employed, and 31% were unemployed and looking for work. 47% of the respondents believed they faced many problems finding a job. The most significant problems identified included unfair selection in the labor market, lack of interaction between the university and the market and industry, substantive and functional ambiguity for employers, personal problems, and The instability of the labor market in the country.
Additionally, the findings indicate the disconnection of university graduates with the university and their lack of benefit from the support network of professors and specialists after graduation, the lack of demand-oriented academic courses, and the lack of familiarity with the labor market. After the students' graduation, the link between them and the university became lost. Another problem refers to defining the course contents in a theoretical way, especially in the majority of social sciences