Graduates Competence Assessment on Employability Skills: Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling

This article examines the necessary skills that students need as they graduate and enter labor market, such effective communication, relationship building teamwork, leadership management, creative critical thinking, among others. Some debate exists over level at which college develop their employability degree to higher education institutions are preparing meet market requirements. Therefore, offer additional insights into debate, this study investigates perceptions of College Business Administration (CBA) in United States how developed those skills. Using a Likert-scale survey, 303 student-participants self-reported skill levels different competency areas. Confirmatory factor analysis was one structural equation modeling techniques used explore measure undergraduate needed for employment. In States, has become more expensive graduating with considerable debt. must be willing address issue after graduation find new improved ways students’ ES, abilities conceptualize had strongest influence on