The Reasons of Unemployment Related to Academic Qualification and Work Environment from the viewpoint of Students Expected to Graduate from King Saud University

Abstract

The study used the survey method, based on the social survey of the sample. An intentional stratified sample of (196) individuals were chosen from the students expected to graduate from King Saud University. The questionnaire of the reasons of unemployment related to academic qualification and work environment was designed, from the viewpoint of students expected to graduate from King Saud University. It was applied to the study sample.

         The study found that the four most important reasons for unemployment associated with academic qualification leading to high unemployment rates among graduates of higher education institutions from the viewpoint of students expected to graduate at King Saud University are: Failure to keep pace with academic programs for knowledge of knowledge economy, knowledge of the fourth industrial revolution, knowledge of entrepreneurship and knowledge of innovation.

            As for the four most important reasons of unemployment associated with the work environment leading to high unemployment rates among graduates of higher education institutions from the viewpoint of students expected to graduate at King Saud University, are: The inability to implement the fourth industrial revolution applications in the work environment, not being able to use modern technologies and software in the work environment, the scarcity of work opportunities, and the lack of preference for national labor.

            It was found that there were no significant differences at (α ≤ 0.01) in the means of the responses of the sample subjects in the reasons of unemployment related to the axis of academic qualification and also the axis of the work environment according to the variable of the academic, health, scientific and humanitarian path.