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Purpose – the purpose of the study is to evaluate the opinion of employers on the importance of employabilitycompetencies in recruitment in Latvia, considering increasingly global and changing labour market.Research methodology – total of 750 companies participated in this research. A list of 17 skills, competencies andattitudes, important for individual employability in changing labour markets, was rated using a four-point Likert scale.Findings – the research results show that employers value attitudes, emotional and self-management competencies themost when hiring potential employees, which are followed by social competencies. Although academic skills wereassessed as the least important in the list of all competencies, the majority of employers consider academic skills important in the recruitment process.Research limitations – as this research is not sector-specific, it is limited only to those competencies that can be equallyapplicable to all occupations.Practical implications – research provides valuable, easily acquirable information for various stakeholders in the areaof human resource planning and development, including educational institutions which aim to update programmes tofacilitate graduate employability.Originality/Value – research offers three complex factors explaining the elements of individual employability, based onempirical analysis

Which skills, competencies and attitudes are employers looking for in recruitment process in Latvia?