Abstract
Socio-economic and socio-cultural changes in society lead to significant changes in the socialstructure of society, in the instituteof education. The employment of university graduates, in general, acquiresthefeaturesofanewsocialprocess aftertherefusalofcompulsoryemployment.The recognizedsocialfacthas .led to the emergence of new statuses (for example, mixed), where university graduates, unemployed or notworking in their specialty are often found. The interest of many sociologists in this problem is associated withchanges in the work of social institutions, including the Institute of Education. The purpose of the study: todeterminetheemploymentstrategyofgraduatesofKazakhstaniuniversitiesinthecontextofregionalspecifics.This research on this issue is based on the importance of such concepts as contradictions between qualificationprograms, teaching methods, graduate competencies, and employers’ requirements for these competencies andqualifications; inconsistency of the theory and practice being studied; definition and justification of the mainstrategiesfortheemploymentofuniversitygraduates.Toachievethegoal,theresearchersuseddescriptivedataanalysis and a quantitative approach as the main means of collecting research data. The study was applied to asample of 130 heads of organizations. Based on a comparative analysis, the above problems, and shortcomingsin the professional training of graduates of Kazakhstani universities have been identified and analyzed. In thecourse of the study, the authors identified market, paternalistic and traditional strategies among graduates inaccordancewiththespecificsofthelabormarket.Thescientificresultsobtainedonthebasisoftheoreticaland empirical research can be used by scientists studying the problems of employment and unemployment,graduateemploymentstrategies,organizationsengagedinyouthemployment,careercentersinhighereducationinstitutions, and employment centers at thestate and regional levels