Abstract
This study is set out to explore factors considered by employers when recruiting business graduates in Kuwait.Four categories of employability factors were used in the current study covering graduates knowledge, soft skills,personal abilities and working with groups. A questionnaire that contained these factors was distributed toKuwaiti employers and the participants were asked to express the level of importance they assign to each ofthese categories. The results of the analysis revealed that participants attach a highest level of importance tograduates knowledge, soft skills and ability to work within groups. The participants attach low level ofimportance to the personal abilities of the graduates. The study concludes that employability factors are affectedby employers' background characteristics, the firm's nature, size and ownership (whether family, public orgovernment). Needless to say, in a country like Kuwait, employability factors are governed by cultural and socialconsiderations.
Highlights
The relationship between quality of skills possessed by university graduates and the job market has been the focus of growing theoretical and empirical investigations in the education literature
The purpose of this study is to identify factors that employers expect business graduates in Kuwait to possess in order to secure jobs
Different studies have been undertaken to determine factors considered by employers when recruiting business graduates
Summary
The relationship between quality of skills possessed by university graduates and the job market has been the focus of growing theoretical and empirical investigations in the education literature. The central issue in this literature is to examine employers' perceptions about the quality of university graduates in terms of their hard skills as and soft skills. Academics and educational authorities need to work closely with employers to ensure that university graduates possess skills that satisfy the market’s needs. It is, of paramount importance to explore the main factors that employers expect business graduates to possess to enhance their employability chances
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