The business graduate employability in Bangladesh: dilemma and expected skills by corporate world

Abstract

Unemployment scenario of the graduate level in Bangladesh has been a serious problem. Lately, graduates are more prone to acquire business education, which is more transferable to the job. Despite that, the business graduates are frustrated with the burden of education, as there are concurrent occurrences of joblessness. However, the prevalent dilemma of employability appears, as there are imbalances due to expected skills/qualifications by the ultimate employers. Analysis of this study tries to indicate this phenomenon by focusing of the skills/qualification (apart from degree, certificate, and diploma) that are considered as important for graduates' employability by the corporate bodies of Bangladesh. Continuous persuasion of immaculate academic results by the business graduates have been identified as less important, whereas more emphasis have been imparted on exposure to the corporate culture and analytical competence. Failure to meet those expected skills would aggravate the situations for graduates' employability.