EXTENT OF APPROPRIATENESS OF THE OUTCOMES OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN KING SAUD UNIVERSITY FOR THE NEEDS OF SAUDI PRIVATE SECTOR

Year 2014, Volume: 3 Issue: 4, 33 - 45, 01.10.2014

Nawal H. Aljaad

Abstract

The Problem of unemployment of the graduates of the university is unique in the sense that it is related to a segment of society who carries high qualifications that do not qualify them to participate in society's development and leading the operations for change and development. The same took place in the Kingdom that expanded university education for many social and political reasons, without considering the extent of appropriateness of these outcomes with the labor market. While dealing with the weak matching, this study has tried to explain the extent of appropriateness of the outcomes of graduate studies in King Saud University for the needs of Saudi private sector, know the causes of this weak matching and present supportive solutions. This study followed the descriptive method and used a restricted end questionnaire made of 13 items as tool of study. The study sample is made of 45 female students from the graduates of graduate studies in King Saud University of Riyadh and these students are all unemployed. This study has reached a number of findings that point towards weak matching between the outcomes of graduate studies in Kind Saud University and the needs of the Saudi private sector. The main causes of this weakness are as under

 Increase in the number of graduates from the universities against limited job vacancies in the public sector.
 Competition of foreign labor with the university graduates in the private sector.
 Increase in population year after year with the same old infrastructure standing as it was, effecting the unemployment situation through limited fields.
 Lack of interaction between the university on one side and the labor market from the other side in forwarding job applications to labor market.
 Private sector's lack of interest in employing the natives because of high expenses as compared to the foreign labor.

Keywords

APPROPRIATENESS, OUTCOMES, GRADUATE

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• The Questionnaire I agree Sometimes
• I do not agree Statements
• There is no relationship between private sector institutions and Saudi universities and colleges to understand the labor market needs.
• The university is not concerned with quality assurance of the students while graduating capable and appropriately skilled cadre for labor market.
• The university does not transfer the new trends in work field to its departments which consequently force the private sector to modify, polish and renew the skills of graduates.
• Increasing number of university graduates against limited jobs in the public sector.
• Annual increase in population with same infrastructure as it was, a situation that has its effects over unemployment through limited availability of fields.
• Increasing number of graduates from theoretical departments against small number of graduates from applied departments.
• Lack of communication between the university at one side and labor market with its both sectors on the other side, by sending job applications for graduates to the labor market.
• Graduates refusal to work in the private sector because of low wages.
• Competition of foreign labor with university graduates in private sector.
• Lack of interest shown by the private sector in employing Saudi nationals because of the high cost as compared to foreign labor.
• Fear of graduates from non-abiding of private sector to fulfill the legal obligations in favor of the worker during and after the end of service period as compared to public sector.
• Lack of acceptance from some graduates to work in far flung areas.
• Social customs and traditions that limit the fields of work for woman to few fields like education for example.