| The purpose of the study was to assess the role of Colleges of Technology in relation to human resource development in Saudi Arabia, in general, and to investigate and identify factors that have an impact on the hiring Colleges of Technology graduates in the private sector, in particular. Finally, the study also sought to determine the degree of importance of each of these factors.; The study utilized a questionnaire as the main instrument for collecting data from the three sample groups of 648; 45 Colleges of Technology administrators, 401 College of Technology graduates, and 202 private sector managers were selected from three cities in Saudi Arabia. The statistical procedures that were used in the study are descriptive statistics, Cross-tabulation, Cronbach's Alpha, Correlation Matrix and analysis of variance (ANOVA).; The results of this study revealed that three groups perceived the overall quality of college programs to be good. Other common perceptions among the groups were the effects of factors such as graduate basic skills, job security in the private sector, and weekend work in the private sector. Common group perceptions regarding the degree of effect of each factor on lowering college graduates' employment showed that the graduate basic skills were thought to have a moderate effect, while job security in the private sector and weekend work in the private sector were thought to have a moderate or high effect. Some differences in perception were found among the three groups on factors related to college objective, college programs outcomes, graduate profession, wages in the private sector, daily working hours, and college program variation. |
