Strategic Analysis of Agriculture Students’ Employability by SWOT Technic

Saeedullah Shinwari; Asadullah Sadat; Yaser Mohammadi; Mohammad Sadiq Salihi

doi:10.55544/jrasb.2.3.13

Authors

Saeedullah Shinwari Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, Afghanistan National Agricultural Sciences and Technology University, Kandahar, AFGHANISTAN.
Asadullah Sadat Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension, Afghanistan National Agricultural Sciences and Technology University, Kandahar, AFGHANISTAN.
Yaser Mohammadi Assistant Professor, Department of Extension and Agriculture Education, Bu-Ali-Sina University, Hamadan, IRAN.
Mohammad Sadiq Salihi Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Afghanistan National Agricultural Sciences and Technology University, Kandahar, AFGHANISTAN.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55544/jrasb.2.3.13

Keywords:

Employability skills, SWOT, Agricultural student

Abstract

Without a doubt, having a high education will help you land a good career, but employers demand more from their workforce to benefit their business. The job market is tough these days. Employees that want to be competitive must possess a variety of employability skills. The primary goal of this study is to show the employability skills required of graduates in agriculture. The study site was at Iran's Bu-Ali-Sina University's Faculty of Agriculture in Hamadan province. There were 45 participants in the study; of these, 15 were lecturers, 15 were employers, and 15 were B.Sc. and M.Sc.-level students. Based on the result of the SWOT analysis strategy for agricultural students' employability are include “Prepare suitable work environment for students to gain work experience”, “before entering the job market, Holding entrepreneurial conferences and seminars to encourage entrepreneurs and explain government support for entrepreneurship”, “also giving government facility and support their new business”, “Increasing practical lessons than theoretical”, “and providing capital for starting a new business”, “To avoid a mental problem student should be chosen according to their interest field”, “and Increasing government funding to provide job opportunity for new graduates youths.”

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