Employment Conditions and Essential Employability Skills Required by Employers for Secondary School Graduate

This study was conducted to explore the importance of employability skills of secondary school graduates through employers’ perspective. The data was collected through an interview and a survey with the employers/supervisors from many companies or from business owners in the Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate (ESIE). The findings showed that the skills or abilities required for a high potential of employment were consisted of Personal management skills, Fundamental skills and Teamwork skills.