Perception of Graduating Students towards their Professional Settlement

Abstract

This research article aimed at unraveling the perceptions, aspirations, and efforts of the graduating students towards professionalism development and enabling a sense of professional placement in them. The researcher adopted a qualitative research paradigm and narrative inquiry method. The information was generated from four purposively selected graduating students representing diverse fields via in-depth interviews and group discussions. The findings revealed that the academic leadership was unable to promote a sense of professionalism development in the graduating students due to the lack of sufficient effort in skilling them. Their own attempts were also found insufficient due to various causes including lack of sufficient career awareness, limited professional opportunities, and adverse working environment in the nation.