Sources of Information Utilized for Job Placement at Nangarhar, Laghman, and Kunar Universities

,Mohammad Rahim Rahimi

doi:10.47191/ijcsrr/v4-i6-12

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out at, Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar Universities Eastern zone of Afghanistan during 2019. Data were collected from 120 final year students from B.Sc. Agriculture Faculty. Studying with the help of structured presented interview schedule to know the Sources of information utilized for job placement. The study revealed that most of the students in general used mass media sources to a maximum extent followed by informal and formal Sources. Among the mass media sources, most of the students used website followed by Newspaper and Journals. Among informal sources and University, placement cell followed by Agricultural majority of the students utilized officers and consultants among formal sources in general. Most of the students used formal source of information (website) in Nangarhar, kunar and laghman (72.50 %), (62.50%) and (70.00 %) respectively. where in the informal source of information which is used by the students in Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar Universities were friends 75%,70% and 55% respectively.

Highlights

Hiring high-quality employees remains a primary goal of academic institutions because there will always be hard-to-fill vacancies for which organizations must compete fiercely to attract potential applicants, and the most talented job seekers continue to have enough options to compare potential employers (Ployhart, 2006)
(70.00 %) respectively. where in the informal source of information which is used by the students in Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar Universities were friends 75%,70% and 55% respectively
Carebuilder.com survey found that 45% of more than 2,600 hiring managers reported searching for social networking sites (SNS) to identify job candidates (Brown,2011)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Hiring high-quality employees remains a primary goal of academic institutions because there will always be hard-to-fill vacancies for which organizations must compete fiercely to attract potential applicants, and the most talented job seekers continue to have enough options to compare potential employers (Ployhart, 2006). The University started with only medical faculty, where 48 students were taught by 5 Americans and 3 Afghan professors Periodically, it respectably established Engineering, Agriculture, Educational, Languages and Literature, Economics, Sharia, Law and political sciences, Veterinary sciences, science, computer science, Journalism and public administration faculties (schools). It has 13 faculties with 73 departments, where 14004 male and female students are enrolled and taught by 467 lecturers. Alumni, who are trained in different disciplines in order to serve locally and internationally Both Kunar and Laghman Universities were established in the year 2010 at the time of Hamid Karzai Afghan president.

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