EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AMONG GRADUATES OF OFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT TOWARDS FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

The study is focused on the perception of Office Technology and Management students in Delta State on employability skills required for self reliance and global competitiveness. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study was one hundred and twenty students of Office Technology and Management. The instrument used for data collection was a ten item structured questionnaire. The reliability co-efficient of 0.76 was obtained using the test-retest method and Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient. The instrument was validated by an expert of Office Technology and Management. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance was tested using Z-test. The study revealed that office practice skills and ICT skills were identified as required by Office Technology and Management students for employability, self reliance and global competitiveness. It was recommended among others that students should be exposed to office administrative skills and ICT skills in order to enable them to employable.