ERIC Number: EJ1242764
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 18
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Information Skills for Business Acumen and Employability: A Competitive Advantage for Graduates in Western Sydney
Journal of Education for Business, v95 n2 p88-105 2020
Information skills are essential in business contexts where information is plentiful and selecting, synthesizing and leveraging that information in decision making provides the competitive advantage. Information literacy is considered to be one of the most important graduate attributes, but do academic information skills translate into the business context? What information skill sets should educators focus on providing students to best equip them for the workplace? Interviews were conducted with employers and recent graduates working in Western Sydney. These conversations identified specific information tools, techniques and processes, which can inform practical curriculum innovations to assist business graduates to be work ready.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Information Skills, Business Skills, Employment Potential, Transfer of Training, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Employer Attitudes, Lifelong Learning, Job Skills, Problem Solving
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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