Abstract

Employability skills are general skills that are needed for success in the labour market at all employment levels and in all sectors. The on-going changes in the workplace demand that the current and future generation of workers should be well trained since their knowledge, skills and positive attitude are essential to cope with the demands of the modern world. For this reason, university students, who are the future generation of the labour force, need to gear themselves up for a tough journey in the prevailing economic conditions. Previous research has revealed that the possession of employability skills has the potential to ascertain successful careers for students, as they will be more employable during their working life. This paper focused on employability skill of undergraduate students in Kwara State: implications for behaviour psychologist. It examined the factors that affects employability skill of undergraduates, skills required by 21 st century workplace, list of employability aspects, behaviour psychology as well as employability skills implication for behavioural psychologist among others. It is therefore suggested that universities should modify their traditional methods of lecture delivery to the one that is work-based partnerships with employer organisations in which students are referred to do practical work to improve their employability skills.