The study aimed at investigating the factors that a ffect thernemployment of vocational and Technical school graduates of EastrnShoa. To achieve the s ta ted objectives, data were collected fromrnpnmary and secondary sources. Primary da ta were collectedrnthrough questionnaires administrated to 50 tea chers, and 400rnstudents who were selected randomly and 20 former graduatesrnselected purposively. The data were analyzed through descriptivernstatistics.rnThe preliminary findings of the study indicated that majority ofrnformer gradu ates are jobless, due to limitedness of employerrninstitutions , and lack of support to be self employed. It was a lsornfound that the schools linkage with employer institutions, jobrnopportunity orienta tion , which have an impact to the problem,rnneeds attention and lot of improvement