This paper presents evidence of employer and graduate attitudes on the skill set requirements for professional accountants, and whether university accounting programs develop these skills, and in particular emotional intelligence (EI) skills. We use priority indices and strategic mapping to evaluate the positioning of 31 skills. This analysis…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore employer perceptions of graduate student employability. This study is novel since existing research focused on employability is largely theoretic, remains focused on defining employability of undergraduates and largely fails to determine employer perceptions of factors that increase or decrease…

The 2007/2008 Employer Satisfaction Survey was commissioned by Alberta Education and Alberta Advanced Education and Technology. Data collection for the survey was conducted by CCI Research Inc. between December 1st, 2007 and January 11th, 2008. The objective of the survey was to assess employer satisfaction with recent graduates from Alberta's…

Those supervisory personnel at the Toronto Board of Education responding to a questionnaire on part-time employment (94 respondents out of 176 supervisors, or 53.4 percent) do not generally believe that more part-time jobs can or should be created in their departments. Employment of staff on a part-time basis is regarded by the respondents as more…

This document, in both English and French, is a guide to planning and conducting mock job fairs for inmates at federal correctional institutions. The following topics are discussed: understanding the nature and purpose of job fairs; planning a job fair; establishing a time and date; gaining approval for the fair; contacting area employers;…

The use of learning technologies in the workplace and their impact on lifelong learning were examined. Data were collected from three sources: the literature on learning technologies and labor market trends affecting the adoption, implementation, and success of learning technologies in the workplace; case studies of 8 Canadian firms with 100 or…

The attitudes and training and/or personnel directors within the Canadian business and health-area sectors towards nontraditional education in management and health services administration are reported, based on 173 surveys to business/government and health-care institutions. Following an introduction to the study, Part Two, "Nontraditional…

This report was based on telephone interviews with 86 individuals from 53 workplaces across Canada. The study sample included a diverse range of workplace types and sizes from both large and small communities. Of the eligible workplaces contacted, 93% were able to participate. The interview questions focused on why workplaces started basic skills…

Approximately 9,500 stakeholders in school-business partnerships in Alberta (including representatives of key business/education associations, school boards, and schools; a sample of businesses with some involvement in school-business partnerships; and a random sample of 3,000 employers) were surveyed regarding their views on business involvement…