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Nurul Munirah Ahmad Mazuki
Universiti Sains Malaysia

Employability Skills Among
Quantity Surveying Graduates in
the Construction Industry

In this 21st Century the development of graduate employability skills is a necessity for
prospective quantity surveying (QS) graduates. Graduate applicants looking for their
first career jobs do not necessarily possess employability skills required by employers.
Employability skills refer to skillsets in preparation for graduates to successfully obtain
employment and develop their careers. In order to meet the exacting challenges of
today’s workforce, graduates should acquire the employability skillsets for continuous
development of new competencies aside from being adaptive and flexible to exigencies
brought about by change. A study was conducted to explore the importance of
employability skills of quantity surveying graduates through the employers’ perspective,
which also serves as its main purpose. It was also to determine the various elements
of employability skills needed for quantity surveying graduates, as the employment

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