AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND JOB ASPIRANTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

Kanhaiya Lal; Khushboo Singh; Deepak Sharma; Kaustav Paul

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2016

AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF PERCEPTION DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND JOB ASPIRANTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS

Kanhaiya Lal, Khushboo Singh, Deepak Sharma, Kaustav Paul

Abstract :

The issue of low employability in our country India is on a rise which may be attributed to perception differential between the employers and the job aspirants on the importance of employability skills. Hence, this paper attempted to analyze that whether the perceptions of the job aspirants on the importance of employability skills were in sync with the industry perspective or there existed a perception differential between the employers and the job aspirants on the importance of the employability skills. The responses of 183 management students in DelhiNCR who would start looking for jobs soon were analyzed along with the responses of 72 recruiters from various organizations belonging to diversified industries. The results indicated significant differences in perception and hence it is advised that the academic institutions must frame their curriculum with the industry expectations so as to address the employability problem in the country