WHAT SKILLS ONE NEEDS TO BE EMPLOYABLE? – A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERCEPTION OF INDUSTRY, STUDENTS & FACULTY MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT PUNJAB

Abstract

Certainly , Various Strategies have been adopted by Management Educational Institutes to upgrade their students with new skills so that they can be absorbed by the Industry as when they complete their formal education still the Management students find it difficult to grab a job because of necessary skills required to become employable. “Employability skills refer to those skills that are required to acquire and retain on a job”. With the changing time, Employer’s demand for highly-skilled employees has been amplified. This research is an attempt to find out the perception of Industry, Faculty and Management Students about employment skills. A primary survey was done in this direction with 150 management students, 50 Faculty members and 30 industrialists chosen as respondents in District Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India. From the study it is found that students ,faculty and industry has similar perception for communication skills, team work skills, planning and organising skills, ICT skills, self management skills, Time management skills which shows that these skills are the most important for management students to become employable. The perception of students is different from industry and faculty regarding Problem solving skills and Innovative and Creativity skills