Determinants of Factors Causing Employability among the Higher National Diploma Holders in Hambantota District

Abstract

The employ ability of the workforce of a country is a critical indicator of the economic development of any country. It is considered one of the golden fruits of education. Academics have defined and described employ ability in a variety of ways. Employ ability of any HND Higher National Diploma holder is not guaranteed since the employ ability is affected by many factors such as economic stability of the country, level of skills and attitude of qualified personnel. Due to the turbulent economic situation, it is a crucial task to ascertain how to compete with other candidates for a vacant position. The present research reviews the existing literature on “employ ability” and understands the causes for employment and their impact on the employment of the students in the Higher National Diploma holders with special reference to the Hambantota district. The stratified random sample method was used to select 127 respondents from a population of 225 Higher National Diploma holders in the Hambantota district. The results suggested that there was a significant positive relationship between career development learning, experience, diploma subject knowledge, understanding & skills, generic skills, and emotional intelligence, and employ ability behavior at 0.01 significance level (2-tailed). The findings of the research revealed that among the determinants of career development learning and experience were having a strong positive association and generic skills and emotional intelligence were moderately positive with association employ ability of the Higher National Diploma holders in Hambantota district.