Abstract:
Unemployment and underemployment have become one ofthe world's major problems,
especially in developing countries. university students often face unemployment after
spending their valuable time and money in order to receive educational advantages. It
makes them are more lulnerable to unfavorable economic conditions as those students
have spent a lot of their resources while having the higher education. This study
examines the factors that causes for Unemployment and Underemployment among the
graduate in Nuwaraeliya District. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze
existing level of Education level, Graduates attributes, Employability skills, Job
mismatch among Unemployment and Underemployment graduate, what sort of
relationship between Education level, Graduates attributes, Employability skills, Job
mismatch among Unemployment and Underemployment graduate. impact of
Education level, Graduates attributes, Employability skills, Job mismatch among
Unemployment and Underemployment graduate and combined impact of Education
level, Graduates attributes, Employability skills, Job mismatch among Unemployment
and Underemployment graduate in Nuwaraeliya.
The quantitative research approach used for this research. As well as Structured
questionnaire was used as the method of data collection and 200 Unemployment and
Underemployment graduate selected in Nuwaraeliya. Convenience sampling method
used to make the sampling frame ofthe study. The data were analyzed using descriptive
statistics, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis. The findings exhibited that,
there was a relationship between Education level, Graduates attributes, Employability
skills, Job mismatch among Unemployment and Underemployment and Lastly, the
result indicated that there is a significant impact of Education level, Graduates
attributes, Employability skills, Job mismatch among Unemployment and
Underemployment and results indicated there is significant combined impact
Education level, Graduates attributes, Employability skills, Job mismatch among
Unemployment and Underemployment. This shows that Unemployment and
Underemployment graduates build up positive attitudes and develop selection criteria
to achieve and They can get proper knowledge from universities in proper way and they
can aware about latest job opportunities by help of internet and other technologies
