Abstract:
Employers have a certain set of expectations with the entry – level personnel that they hire from various universities from across Pakistan who are fresh graduates. They possess a range of competencies that include interpersonal skills, management skills and business knowledge skills. When organizations hire business graduates from leading universities, they have a certain set of expectations with the skill set they must possess that can improve their job/person fit. This is usually based on the initial skills that are significant for efficient and effective performance of tasks. This thesis examines the level of satisfaction that employers experience regarding the set of skill expectations that the fresh graduates are meeting or not meeting. A sample of 100 employers was generated from the four major sectors that hire business graduates in the premises of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The data collected was analysed using multiple quantitative techniques such as alpha test, correlation and cross tabulation descriptive analysis. The findings of previous studies from across the world revealed that considerable differences lie between the expectation of employers with entry level employees and their actual performance. This discrepancy is being studied in the context of Pakistan to help bridge the gulf of skill expectation between employees and employers; find out if relationship between employer satisfaction and the various skills that employers expect employees to be proficient in, for example, personal skills, management skills and knowledge skills actually exist and then suggest the business schools to inculcate these skills in their graduates in order to reduce this gap.
