Marketability Dimensions of University Graduates for various Professions in Saudi Arabia: A study of Alkharj Governorate

Authors

  • Ahmed Suhail Ajina
  • Tarek Tawfik Yousef Alkhateeb
  • Saji George

Abstract

The present research is highly motivated to gauge the existing skills in the university students to meet the requirement of employer in the market. We investigate the level of personal skills, academic skills, professional skills, knowledge and information, applied and practical skills, skills to deal with others, communication skills and technology and success skills. We also investigate the gap between university output and employer requirement. To serve purpose, we circulate a well-structured questionnaire to the 130 sample respondents and apply the descriptive analysis to find the level of skills and gaps. We find that university students have satisfactory level of skills except academic skills as most of averages of constructs and items related to skills are found more than at least 3. Further, all items related to gap between university output and employer requirement also showed average response of more than 3. Therefore, all selected items in this domain express that gap is significant, and universities need to improve the education systems to put more skills in the students to meet the employer requirements in the market.

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2020-01-20

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