Employability of the Management Graduates in Sri Lanka: A Case Study

Abstract

Employability of graduates is a widely researched area internationally due to the increasing importance of human capital in the development process of economies. Thus, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the employability of the graduates of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (FMSC) of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura at the time of their graduation. Primary data was collected from the graduates of the 2009/2010 batch who passed out from the FMSC in the year 2015 at the 41st Convocation via a structured questionnaire and was analyzed using a descriptive approach. The study identified that the employment rate of graduates of the FMSC is favorable vis-à-vis to other state universities in Sri Lanka as well as other foreign countries, and the accountancy graduates records the lowest unemployment rates. It was also identified that entrepreneurship, decision sciences, marketing management and business information systems are the key fields in which majority of the graduates were permanently employed, and they were also the key fields in which majority of the graduates were employed in the private sector.