Background and Objective: The unemployment of graduates is one of the main economic and social challenges. The aim of this study was to investigate the employment status of midwifery and nursing graduates of Zanjan University of Medical Sciences.

Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study all nursing and midwifery graduates who were graduated between years of 1383-87 were studied. Data was collected with questionnaires. Data analysis was performed by utilizing SPSS statistical software on 203 filled questionnaires. 

Results: The results indicated that 27.55% of midwifery graduates were unemployed, 4.08% were probationally hired, 18.37% had contracts and 15.31% were hired through human resources plan. 11.43 percent of nursing graduates were unemployed, 39.05% hired through human resources plan, and more than a third of them had yearly or probation contracts. More than 70 percent of graduates worked in public centers and the majority was working in hospitals.

Conclusion: The results represent high rates of unemployment among midwifery graduates, and lack of job-safety status for nursing graduates. On the other hand, the role of private centers in this regard is very small.