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Employers Perception of Factors Determining Business Graduates' Employability: Evidence from Saudi Arabia

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This study set out to determine the factors that employers look for when recruiting business school graduates in Saudi Arabia. To attain this aim, a structured questionnaire was distributed to 250 employers in the regions of Riyadh and Qassim in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 135 copies were returned, constituting a 54% usable response rate. The output of the questionnaire analyses showed that employers assign importance to knowledge, hard and soft skills, and the ability to work within groups. However, employers attach high importance to the ability of the job applicants to work within groups and to their soft skills. The questionnaire analyses further revealed that the level of importance that employers attach to employability factors such as hard and soft skills, and their ability to work in groups is affected by the employers' age, the place from where they obtained their last academic qualification, and the years of work experience.

Source: Journal of Posthumanism

DOI: 10.63332/joph.v5i1.578

Authors: Abdullah AL-Mutairi, Kamal Naser Naser, Ibrahim Rashed Al Taweel

Institutions: International University of Science and Technology in Kuwait, Qassim University

Language: English

Topic: Higher Education and Employability

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4409199484

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