The Employability of Accounting and Computing Graduates

To assess the employment status of Accounting and Computing graduates, a sample of adequate size from among 12000 such graduates in Tehran within the past 6-8 years was selected and given a questionnaire. The findings indicate that %34 of the respondents were employment at the time of schooling of whom only %4 were doing jobs unrelated to their area of study. Close to a quarter of the respondents are satisfied with their job. More than half of them consider the curriculum has not provided them with adequate occupational skills. The employers also rated the knowledge and skills of the newly employed as inadequate. The results show that there is a serious need for re-examination of the vocational training programs. The uses of job market information and academic counceling, as well as skilfull teaching staff are among many factors that require change.