Current Job Placement of Graduates from the Colleges under Praboromarajchanok Institute in the Academic Year 2009

Abstract

This cross-sectional survey study aimed to examine and describe current job placement situation of two year graduates from 32 colleges under Praboromarajchanok Institute (PI). A set of the survey questionnaires was sent to 4,000 graduates by mail in 2012 and 1,467 copies were returned to be the samples. Data were analysed by using descriptive statistics, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Coefficient. The major findings of the study were: (1) Most of the graduates could get the job corresponded to the courses graduating. Particularly, those were finished in a Bachelor of Nursing Science programme could get nursing job for 100%. The majority worked in community hospitals, 53.01%, followed by regional hospitals, provincial hospitals, and primary health care hospitals as19.19%, and 13.46%, respectively. However, 87.7% of the graduates were hospital employees. Only 7.4% could be government staff members. Overall, 92.79% of graduates from this institute could not find a government staff position, especially those who worked as correctional pharmacy, correctional medical service emergency management, and official audio; (2) The graduates who worked as a government staff member could have a ranging salary from 9,001 to 10,000 Baht. This amount was quite less compared to ones who were not. Most of them got their income ranging from 11,001 to 15,000 Baht. The graduates rated job satisfaction in the mode of their colleagues at a highest level (X=3.75,SD=0.73), followed by their work places (X=3.66,SD=0.68), whereas the incomes, job position, and career advancement were rated at a low level (X=2.68-3.03,SD=0.84- 1.00), and (3) If possible, 57.7% of the graduates needed to change or quit their current work. The job changing plan and career advancement were statistically negative significant with job satisfaction, (r=ranging from-0.404 to -0.364), p. <0.01. Those who were not government staff members were tend to leave their work more than the others. The results indicated that being a government staff member mostly influenced the graduates’ job remaining. This could be significant information for further workforce development of PI and Ministry of Public Health. Particularly, the departments have to not only plan for health workforce production, but also maintain manpower in the health system.