: A STUDY ON EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AMONG GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE INSTITUTE ENGINEERING GRADUATES

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the difference in the level of employability skills among government and private institute engineering graduates. Design/methodology/approach-A self designed questionnaire with 5 point Likert scale to collect the data. Data is collected from both educational institutes (200) and industries (100) of Indore city and then it is analyzed using different tools in SPSS 20 version. Findings – It was found out that there is no difference between employability skills of engineering graduates from Government & private colleges; both the group of students have the same level of employability skills. Research limitations/implications – The city selected was Indore for students and Malwa region for employers, which may not represent the entire state and nation in some aspects. So, there is a scope of further research. Practical implications –It will be a useful for institutes, corporate, lecturers, personal tutors, careers advisors and any other practitioners involved in employability activities. It will also be used to develop employable graduates for industries. Originality/value – This paper seeks to identify the difference in the level of employability skills among government and private institute engineering graduates and fill it, if it exists. It will be of value to anybody with an interest in employability issues.

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