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The purpose of this study was ascertain to find out retailing employability skills needed by employers. Two aspect were specifically looked into, 1) the skill needed by retailer employer and 2) the demand for diploma or degree in retailing programme by industries. A set of questionnaire was used in this study. A simple interview with retailer employers also was used as a method of this study. A total of 44 employer participated in this study. Data gathered through the questionnaire were analyzed using the statistical package for social study (SPSS) version 22. From the findings it can conclude that industry needs 10 skills from retail management students and found that the industry really need the graduate student from retailing management.
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To Cite this Article: Hashim, N., Razali, R. A., & Taib, N. A. M. (2019). Retailing Employability Skills Needed By Employers. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(5), 1044–1051.
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