Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies, 2016, 4, 39-49 Published Online March 2016 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/jhrss http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jhrss.2016.41005 How to cite this paper: El Mansour, B. and Dean, J.C. (2016) Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers and University Faculty in the Fields of Human Resource Development (HRD) for Entry Level Graduate Jobs. Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies, 4, 39-49. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jhrss.2016.41005 Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers and University Faculty in the Fields of Human Resource Development (HRD) for Entry Level Graduate Jobs Bassou El Mansour, Jason C. Dean College of Technology, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN, USA Received 8 November 2015; accepted 27 March 2016; published 30 March 2016 Copyright © 2016 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract The world of employment has changed dramatically, technology is impacting practices and expe- riences, and societies are becoming more global and multicultural. With the rise of globalization, employability is becoming one of the main goals for education systems. Today’s employers require employees to have soft or non-technical skills in addition to technical skills. The purpose of the study was to explore employability skills as perceived by employers and university faculty of hu- man resource development (HRD) and management for entry level graduate jobs. As a result of this research, types of employability skills may be identified which are common among the faculty of HRD programs and employers of HRD graduates both in the U.S. and internationally. To eva- luate the interrelationships between the variables of interest among employees and faculty mem- bers, both in the U.S. and internationally, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was utilized. The overall results of this study indicate that with the exception of communication skills and the use of technology, there is a significant relationship between 16 of the 18 variables investigated and the type of respondents. Keywords Employability Skills, Human Resource Development, Soft Skills, Hard Skills 1. Introduction The world of employment has changed dramatically, technology is impacting practices and experiences while