Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to identify the perception of employers towards employability
skills essential by HRM graduates who graduated from Sri Lankan universities.
Employable Graduate is one of the key attentions over the local university system in Sri
Lanka where it is a vastly debated area on the fact due to the belief of state university
graduates are deficient the required employability skills that are expected from a graduate.
The study used a quantitative approach and data was collected using questionnaires. The
sample was selected using random sampling technique from banking sector. Data were
collected from 60 employers represents the managerial and non-managerial levels of
employees in banking sector where the HR graduates are attached to work in HR
department. Data were analyzed by using descriptive, bivariate and regression analysis.
The results show that there is significant impact of graduate skills together with
employability of those graduates especially learning skills, problem solving skills and
communication skills. It can be concluded that there is a significant impact of problem solving skill Respectively all the graduates’ skill does not have significant and positive
effect on employability separately. It is concluded that skills are needed by graduates
entering the HR profession & also graduates want to fulfill employer’s expectations in
terms of qualifications, competencies and other requirements in HRM job opportunities
of job market in Sri Lanka.
