A STUDY ON THE NEED TO DEVELOP GRADUATES ATTRIBUTES AMONG COMMERCE GRADUATES IN KDMC AREA

In the dynamic landscape of India’s business environment, skill development aims to identify key skills and prepare the prospective graduate to be industry fit. A skilled employee contributes to a corporates success by enhancing productivity, fostering innovation, quality of work and increase the competitive edge of the corporates in the market. This study is conducted among commerce graduates in KDMC area with the objective to spread awareness about the employability skill that are expected among them by corporates. The primary data will be collected through questionnaires among students, professors, and employees and secondary data will be collected from articles and government websites. It is analyzed that there exists a gap between perception and reality as many commerce graduates are either unable to work or low pay salary job, despite having spent lakhs on their higher education it is because corporates and commerce graduates’ perception is different about employability skill. According to UN National Research Council (USNRC), there are 12 abilities that graduates need in order to succeed in their professional careers. This research seeks to contribute valuable insights to the ongoing discourse on skill development, bridging the gap between academic preparation and the dynamic expectations of the contemporary business landscape.