Mere technical knowledge or experience in a particular job function does not ensure employability or career progress. Organizations have identified as many as eight soft, managerial and leadership skills - collectively called the employability skills that are required for a professional to move up the corporate ladder. The lack of these skills can prevent students from getting employed and those employed from getting promoted.
Surveys after surveys reveal the fact that a vast majority of arts & science, and engineering graduates are not job-ready because they do not have employability skills. Since, organizations expect students to be job ready, students are required to learn the employability skills even as they pursue their formal or higher education.
