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 demandthat thecurrent and future generation of workers should be well trained since their knowledge, skills andpositive 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 themselvesupfor a tough journey in the prevailing economic conditions. Previous research has revealedthat the possession of employability skills has the potential to ascertain successful careers forstudents, as they will be more employable during their working life. This paper focusedonemployability skill of undergraduate students in Kwara State: implications for behaviourpsychologist. It examined the factors that affects employability skill of undergraduates, skillsrequired by 21 st century workplace, list of employability aspects, behaviour psychologyas well as employability skills implication for behavioural psychologist among others. It is thereforesuggested that universities should modify their traditional methods of lecture delivery totheonethat is work-based partnerships with employer organisations in which students are referredtodopractical work to improve their employability skills.