Less than 11% of hotel management candidates are employable after college, according to the latest Aspiring Minds National Employability Report, Hotel Management Graduates - 2014. The report by the employability solutions company highlights that females are more employable as compared to male graduates.

"Our National Employability Report in its latest edition goes deep into the employability of hotel management graduates - their capability, qualifications and aspirations. Based on AMCATHospitality it covers all major job roles in the Hospitality Industry including Food Production, Food and Beverage, Front Desk and Housekeeping," said Himanshu Aggarwal, Co-founder and CEO, Aspiring Minds.

The report surveyed around 4,000 final year hotel management students from more than 140 colleges across India. The findings said that only 4% to 11% of these graduates is employable, while other 12% to 21% candidates can be employed post training.

Lack of domain knowledge emerges as the biggest reason for unemployability amongst hotel management graduates. Candidates also lacked in factors like quality orientation, interpersonal skills and ability to handle pressure.

According to the report, almost 40% of the candidates are not employable because of their lack of English language understanding. Female employability comes out to be much higher than males across all profiles. However a significantly lesser percentage of females (11%) seem to be taking up hotel management courses in comparison to their male counterparts (89%).

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