ANXIETY of UNEMPLOYMENT before THE GRADUATION: RESEARCH on UNIVERSITY STUDENTS in the AVIATION DEPARTMENTS

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 5, 165 - 174, 30.12.2019

Savaş Selahattin Ateş

Abstract

Rapid population growth leads to faster and more intense participation of Turkey's young labor force fields. For this reason, employment and education become a privileged position in national policies. University is seen as the most important step taken for the future of the individual. The rate of higher education students’ increases year by year.
In Turkey, the high unemployment rate is low and that of the trained workforce after graduation employment prospects of young people studying at university leads to the inability to find work life concerns. Young university graduates are more affected by the unemployment problem. In the studies carried out on the subject, it was observed that anxiety symptoms of university students with an average age of 18-25 were very high. Various studies conducted with university students indicate that problems such as depression, anxiety, anger, irritability, restlessness in interpersonal relationships, and obsessive-compulsive characteristics are intensively revealed.
According to Turkstat, Turkey trained on the idea that creates difficulties in terms of the convenience of not finding a job can be reached. Many university graduates are forced to work in a field other than their original professions due to lack of employment.
The research was conducted to measure unemployment anxiety of students and graduates of universities providing aviation education. of aviation-related training that includes students and graduates of universities in Turkey. In this study, the data collection method was investigated by questionnaire and there are two sections which include sociometric questions about demographic characteristics and unemployment anxiety. Turkey in aviation-related training and that university students were sent a questionnaire to the graduates were asked to reply by mail. 2767 students were reached. As a result of the survey conducted within the scope of the research, descriptive data analysis method was used with SPSS.

Keywords

Aviation Students, , Unemployment, University, Unemployment Anxiety

Supporting Institution

Eskisehir Technical University

Project Number

1709F499

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