Causes of unemployment among graduates of clothing and textile specialization at King Abdul-Aziz University

Abstract

Noor Abdulhadi Alsubyani

The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes of unemployment among graduates of clothing and textile specialization at King Abdul-Aziz University from the graduates' perspective, and also aimed to investigate the effect of students' GPA on their perspectives. To achieve the purpose of the study, a questionnaire was distributed among graduate students to investigate their perspectives. The study sample consisted of 13 female students from clothing and textile specialization at King Abdul-Aziz University. Means and standard deviations and t-test were used to analyze the results. The results showed that there were statistically significant differences in the graduate students' perspectives on the causes of unemployment among graduates of clothing and textile specialization at King Abdul-Aziz University; it also showed statistically significant differences at the level of significance (α ≥ 0. 05) in their perspectives due to their general point average (GPA).