Additional skills are personal characteristics that make it easier for people to get work and support their careers. Technical skills, higher order thinking skills, personal skills, people skills/social skills, generic skills, and self-perceived additional skills are all examples of technical skills. Unemployment and job advancement may be hampered by a lack of additional skills. People require additional skills, or a combination of them, in addition to technical skills, to be successful in work. It is critical for individuals to possess those abilities. Technological advancements may have an impact on the abilities necessary for employment. As a result, people must update their skills to meet the expectations of the workplace; otherwise, it would be difficult for them to find job in the preferred field. Additional skills are non-technical skills and knowledge required for effective workforce participation. Communication, self-management, problem solving, and teamwork are examples of such abilities. Generic skills, capabilities, enabling skills, and core competencies are all terms that have been used to describe them.The overall goal of this research is to examine factors that influence graduates' entry-level employability and to argue for an equity-based approach to provide fair and inclusive higher education to all, regardless of personal or social circumstances; this entails re-organising policies, legislative measures, and accreditation systems in order to raise the bar on quality.Therefore, research scholars have beenexplanatory design with deductive approach. The study has been made by conducting a survey in Trivandrum District of Kerala State. For that, the researcher collected 50 samples from the respondents and percentage, Garret ranking method and t-test used for this study.

Critical skills, Core Skills, Life Skills, Essential Skills, Key Competencies, Necessary Skills, and Transferrable Talents.