Human capital is that individuals have the potential to enhance their productive capacity by acquiring additional knowledge and training in various skills. The aim of this paper is to identify the issues of human capital marketability and strategies to overcome the issues. The development of a country heavily relies on human capital, which plays a crucial role in the country's economy. Inefficient utilisation of human capital results in unproductivity, which in turn leads to the issue of unemployment. Issues of human capital marketability such as the lacks of technology integration, inadequate quality of human capital and low investment in education are issues that cannot be underestimated. There are strategies which increases the quality of human capital, social mobility and well-being and it will upgrade the skills of human capital. The strategies that have been designed to increase the marketability of human capital need to be implemented diligently so that all parties benefit from it. Hence, able to produce holistic and balanced human capital while ensuring that the marketability percentage graduates remain high.
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