This study aimed to explore and address the employability challenges of business graduates in the higher education sector in Bangladesh. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed applying thematic analysis (N = 35, 77% male, mean age = 34 years). Findings revealed that skill gaps, lack of quality education system, quality teachers, industry-university collaboration, backdated course curriculum, and corruption are important challenges for graduate employability in Bangladesh. The study suggests improving communication skills, updating course curriculum, curbing institutional corruption, limiting student-teacher politics, hiring and promoting quality teachers, and industry-university collaboration as strategies to improve graduate employability. The findings may help employers, managers, graduates, academics, and policymakers in the higher education sector to identify and address graduate employability challenges in an emerging economy such as Bangladesh.

本研究旨在探索和解决孟加拉国高等教育部门商科毕业生的就业挑战。通过半结构化访谈收集数据并应用主题分析（N = 35，77% 男性，平均年龄 = 34 岁）进行分析。调查结果显示，技能差距、缺乏优质教育体系、优质教师、产学合作、过时的课程和腐败是孟加拉国毕业生就业能力的重要挑战。该研究建议将提高沟通技巧、更新课程设置、遏制机构腐败、限制师生政治、招聘和提升优质教师以及产学合作作为提高毕业生就业能力的策略。调查结果可能有助于雇主、经理、毕业生、学者、