Title: Life skills as a game changer for job readiness and sustainable employment in private and public sector industries - a mixed method study

Authors: Monika Bansal; Surbhi Kapur

Addresses: Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Sector 43, Aravalli Hills, Surajkund Road, Faridabad, Haryana, 121004, India ' Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Sector 43, Aravalli Hills, Surajkund Road, Faridabad, Haryana, 121004, India

Abstract: The uncertain world bordering on the indeterminate ushers new challenges today while the industry tries to sustain the existing and decipher the future. Towards that endeavour, it looks for adaptive agility, empathy, dedication, interpersonal sensitivity as prerequisites to excellence and as attributes in their recruits to handle work demands that arise in a tumultuous corporate environment. To assess the veracity of this requirement, the present study tries to explore the importance of life skills learnt at the school/college level for job readiness and job sustenance. It also aims to find out whether life skills become a key deciding factor at the final stage of the corporate selection process and their transferability from one area of action (school/college) to the arena of corporate selection process and finally to the area of action/implementation, the workplace. Additionally, it also provides a framework to prepare students for better alignment with changing industry.

Keywords: life skills; employability; job readiness; job sustenance; mixed method study.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2024.139871

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 2024 Vol.14 No.1, pp.16 - 32

Received: 25 Jun 2020
Accepted: 19 Jul 2020
Published online: 09 Jul 2024 *

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