Are you graduating? Here is what employers want you to know

• From August to December, several university students are set to graduate - from both public and private universities.
• Employers in different organizations usually look for different skills and personalities before they hire a fresh graduate.
  

In the next few months leading to December, thousands of university students will graduate from various universities and colleges. Many fresh graduates are usually ill-prepared for the job market, with many employers raising concern over the quality of training. The charge is often labelled

The charge is often labelled unfair by many in academia. Prof Okoth Okombo, a linguist at the University of Nairobi, wrote in a local daily in 2014: “The performance of our fresh graduates in employability tests is a reflection not just of what they get from our university programmes but also what they benefit from our education system in its totality.”