Employability skills based on the employers perception / Mohamad Amirul Haqqim Shofian and Nurul Fazren Kamaruzzaman

The main aim of this study was to identify the perception of employers concerning the employability skills needed in the job market. Other than that, the aim of this study was to identify the dominant graduate employability skills as perceived by employers and the differences between the perception of employers in public universities and the perception of employers in private universities regarding employability skills. Seven variables that make up employability skills based on past research were examined in this study. Data were collected through sets of questionnaires intended to see employers‟ perception on employability skills. The results of this study revealed that human skill is the most dominant skill perceived by the employers among the seven employability skills. Moreover, there is no significant difference between public and private universities regarding the employers‟ perception on employability skills. For recommendation, a similar study can be conducted by future researcher by comparing graduates‟ and employers‟ perception. Apart from that, a study with a larger scale can be conducted in the future to get an employers‟ perception as a whole.