%0 Journal Article %T The Skills Affected Employment Intention and Employability of Graduate Women in Hamedan Province %J Woman in Development & Politics %I Center for women's and family Studies ,University of Tehran %Z 2538-3124 %A Movahedi, Reza %A Zoleikhaie Sayyar, Leila %A Baghery, Masoomeh %D 2019 %\ 09/23/2019 %V 17 %N 3 %P 389-411 %! The Skills Affected Employment Intention and Employability of Graduate Women in Hamedan Province %K employment skills %K graduate women %K Employability %K Hamedan province %R 10.22059/jwdp.2020.277814.1007612 %X Given considerable investment on enhancing the knowledge and skills of university graduates, including women, the importance of their employment becomes increasingly apparent. Increase in the employment of university graduates, human resources of the country can be employed appropriately and desirably. The main purpose of this research is to identify and assess the skills affected on university graduate women looking for a job and their relationship with their employability. The statistical population of the study is consisted of women looking for a job in Hamedan province. The sampling method was a proportional random sampling according to the statistical population of the women. By the way, (N=10431) a number of 350 women was selected for this research. After data collection, data were analyzed via descriptive and analytical statistical tests and application of software's SPSS and PLS. According to the results of the research, the relationship between the jobs in the labor market and the women’s education and skills was poorly assessed in Hamedan province and the educational content of the universities had a weak overlapping with the needs of the labor market. The results of correlation coefficient showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the variables, women‘s compatibility, communication skills, IT skills, and willingness to work with the employability of the female graduates. The other independent variables did not show a significant relationship with the employability of the graduates. The results also showed that women in Hamedan province to acquire the current jobs need some skills including ICT skills, public and communication skills, individual skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, technical and specialized skills, and management and planning skills.   %U https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_75181_0a357bfc5fbe74f088bf6f1ec56fa223.pdf