Employability is a key concern for many stakeholders, students, graduates, universities, organisations, and national decision-making bodies. Due to its ability to influence the paths towards success, the methods and factors affecting the development of employability have gained increased attention from these agents. This study aims to investigate how socio-emotional competencies and socio-economic factors are related to the employability of female graduates. Data were collected from 102 graduates at the Tathleeth Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Bisha in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Using structure modelling techniques, our findings indicate that socio-economic factors have an impact on the unemployed, whereas socio-emotional competencies impact the employed. Employability skills are shown to have an impact both on the unemployed and on socio-economic factors. Furthermore, the moderation effect of socio-emotional competencies and socio-economic factors on the relation between employability skills and employment is unsupported. Consequently, we conclude that the study’s results suggest the necessity of developing a theory of employability which investigates the conditions under which employability skills impact the employability of graduates. To this end, contextual factors must be identified so as to form the cornerstones of an adequate theory.

就业能力是许多利益相关者，学生，毕业生，大学，组织和国家决策机构的主要关注点。由于其影响成功之路的能力，影响就业能力发展的方法和因素已引起这些代理商的更多关注。这项研究旨在调查社会情感能力和社会经济因素与女毕业生的就业能力之间的关系。数据收集自沙特阿拉伯王国比沙大学（KSA）的Tathleeth艺术与科学学院的102名毕业生。使用结构建模技术，我们的发现表明，社会经济因素对失业者有影响，而社会情感能力则对就业者产生影响。就业技能已显示出对失业和社会经济因素都有影响。此外，社会情感能力和社会经济因素对就业技能与就业之间关系的调节作用不受支持。因此，我们得出的结论是，研究结果表明有必要发展一种就业能力理论，该理论应调查就业技能影响毕业生就业能力的条件。为此，必须确定情境因素，以形成适当理论的基石。我们得出的结论是，研究结果表明有必要发展一种就业能力理论，该理论探讨了就业能力影响毕业生就业能力的条件。为此，必须确定情境因素，以形成适当理论的基石。我们得出的结论是，研究结果表明有必要发展一种就业能力理论，该理论探讨了就业能力影响毕业生就业能力的条件。为此，必须确定情境因素，以形成适当理论的基石。