Comparing Existing and Desirable Situations of Employment Opportunities for Graduates of Sports Science (Case Study: Golestan Province)

The aim of this research work was to compare the existing and desirable situations of employment opportunities for graduates of Sports Science in the Golestan Province.
The research method used was a causal comparative one, and it was carried out as a field study. The studied population included the elites and experts of Sports Science graduates involved in the public and private sport sectors in the Golestan Province (professors, teachers, and experts of youth, sports, and coaches) (N = 420). The sample was selected using the Cochran formula and simple random sampling (n = 200). To gather the data, the modified questionnaire affecting employment opportunities Bromand (2010) was used, whose validity was confirmed by the sports management professors. The reliability of the questionnaire was obtained by the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α = 0.87). For data analysis, the descriptive and inferential statistics methods were used.
The results obtained showed that there was a significant difference between the current and desired conditions of all the employment opportunities (education, sports services, health-related, coaching, and media) for the Sports Science graduates.
The difference between the current and desired conditions of all the employment opportunities shows less use of all the opportunities for employment of the graduates of Sports Science. Planning and special attention can be used for maximum employment and entrepreneurship in sports.