The objective of this study is to analyze the behaviour of unemployed job seekers. Therndata used was collected from urban area utilizing systemic random sampling method .rnA job search model was adapted from an earlier simultaneous search modelrndeveloped by Stephenson (1 976) . This model was estimated by use of ordinary leastrnSquare estimation technique.rnanalyses is was done in two sections. The first section employed simple algebraicrnmeasure (i.e percentages) while the second section utilized regression analysisrnThe study found that: most of the job searchers are single, young, secondaryrnSchool completed, untrained for the job they seek, indigenous of the area under study,rnhad not been employed before had been unemployed for more than a year and usedrnanswering newspaper advertisements to look for jobs. The majority of females werernuntrained for the job they seek. search duration was the best fitting equation . It wasrnfound to be significantly determined by age , search extensiveness, training and subsidyrnof basic needs. Other variables, namely the estimated tenure of job, search cost andrnreservation wage were found to be determined by quit decision, marital status andrneducation respectively.rnThe policy recommendations arising from this study result on how to reduce thernnumber of unemployed jobs seeker include: increasing training institutions with arncurriculum which recognize the existing and future labour demand for the Ethiopianrneconomy , keeping females longer in training institutions to reverse the ex The objective of this study is to analyze the behaviour of unemployed job seekers. Therndata used was collected from urban area utilizing systemic random sampling method .rnA job search model was adapted from an earlier simultaneous search modelrndeveloped by Stephenson (1 976) . This model was estimated by use of Ordinary LeastrnSquare estimation technique.rnAnalys is was done in two sections. The first section employed simple algebraicrnmeasure (i.e percentages) while the second section utilized regression analysisrnThe study found that: most of the job searchers are single, young, secondaryrnschool completed , untrained for the job they seek , indigenous of the area under study,rnhad not been employed before had been unemployed for more than a year and usedrnanswering newspaper advertisements to look for jobs. The majority of females werernuntrained for the job they seek. Search duration was the best fitting equation. It wasrnfound to be significantly determined by age , search extensiveness, training and subsidyrnof basic needs. Other variables, namely the estimated tenure of job, search cost andrnreservation wage were found to be determined by quit decision, marital status andrneducation respectively.rnThe policy recommendations arising from this study result on how to reduce thernnumber of unemployed jobs seeker include: increasing training institutions with arncurriculum which recognize the existing and future labour demand for the Ethiopianrneconomy , keeping females longer in training institutions to reverse the existing situationrnof their state of long duration of unemployment so that they could join the labourrnmarket while not very young and finally increase the assistance for the informal sectorrnwhich trained the majority of trained respondents.rnAddis Ababa university