Perceptions on Employability Skills Necessary to Enhance Arts and Science Students in Namakkal District 1 G. Gowsalya and 2 M. Ashok Kumar 1 Department of Management Studies and Research, Karpagam University, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (KAHE), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 2 Department of Management Studies and Research, Karpagam University, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (KAHE), Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Abstract Employability Skills can also be defined as ‘skills’ required not only to gain employment, but also to progress within an enterprise so as to achieve one's potential and contribute successfully to enterprise strategic directions.While every of this issue is decisive enough to make a conversation, research and explanation at extent, this article will concentrate on the issue of employability skills needed by arts and science students from an industry perception which has been drawn from a survey of 500 students. ANOVA and Correlation tests are used to analyze the study. The study deals with the arts and science college students in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, Periyar University.14 major employability skill areas have been identified and in them the important ones that necessitate to be addressed are effective communication both listing and learning, problem identification and problem solving and time management.External research strongly suggests, the students are not able to sustain in their job because of less skill and tolerance. Hence while graduating they should specially educated to fill gap between college and corporate. Key Words :Employability skill, employability skill profile, essential skill. International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics Volume 116 No. 22 2017, 9-18 ISSN: 1311-8080 (printed version); ISSN: 1314-3395 (on-line version) url: http://www.ijpam.eu Special Issue ijpam.eu 9