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Boles, James; Rutherford, Brian; Loe, Terry – Marketing Education Review, 2019
Students who take university sales courses are expected to graduate with a better understanding of what contributes to a successful sales career. The current research identifies 33 factors recruiters use in evaluating sales candidates. The top 10 attributes identified by recruiters as most important to the sales candidate's selection are: 1)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Sales Occupations, Career Readiness
Scheerlinck, Eef; De Brucker, Klaas; Kerkhove, Pamela – European Education, 2019
The Bologna reform aimed at creating a more transparent system of comparable degrees. Taking a demand-side viewpoint, we discuss two types of employer perception, namely, whether Belgian employers perceive Bologna as successful in facilitating the comparison of degrees and whether they are satisfied with the knowledge and skills of those of their…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, International Cooperation, Educational Cooperation, Employer Attitudes
An Investigation into the Development of Non-Technical Skills by Undergraduate Accounting Programmes
Douglas, Shonagh; Gammie, Elizabeth – Accounting Education, 2019
Non-technical skills are essential for today's professional accountant who operates in a dynamic socio-technical environment. Accounting degrees have continued to be criticised for failing to develop these skills to the required level. In the Scottish location of this study, employers have responded by seeking out graduates from non-accounting…
Descriptors: Accounting, Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, Decision Making
Stuckey, Wanietta C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Competitive employment for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is important because this group is described as the most employable, yet least employed. Historically, females have been more likely to hire/work with individuals with disabilities than males but the gap between the sexes has been closing. A survey focusing on work…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Surveys, Business
Altstadt, David; Barrett, Lexi; Cahill, Charlotte; Cuevas, Erica; Maag, Taylor – Education Commission of the States, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental impact on many facets of students' successful transitions from secondary into postsecondary education, particularly for students who depend on in-person delivery of content and experience. For many young people, paid work-based learning has historically provided a needed source of income, and its…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Experiential Learning, High School Students
Gruzdev, Mikhail V.; Kuznetsova, Irina V.; Tarkhanova, Irina Yu.; Kazakova, Elena I. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
The relevance of the issues addressed in the article is determined by the importance of organizing the dialogue between education and business to ensure the high quality of training specialists. Soft skills are considered from the standpoint of the unity of requirements for training, evaluation and development of human resources. The main focus is…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Job Skills, College Graduates, Labor Market
Dodoo, Joana Eva; Kuupole, Domwini Dabire – Journal of Education for Business, 2017
The majority of studies and reports on university education in Africa have focused mainly on issues related to access, quality, teaching and learning environment, and so on. Although these issues are undoubtedly critical, even more germane to the discourse is the desired utility of university education to society. The authors present the…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, College Outcomes Assessment, Expectation, College Graduates
Patacsil, Frederick F.; Tablatin, Christine Lourrine S. – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2017
The research paper proposes a skills gap methodology that utilized the respondent experiences in the internship program to measure the importance of the Information Technology (IT) skills gap as perceived by IT students and the industry. The questionnaires were formulated based on previous studies, however, was slightly modified, validated and…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Information Technology, Questionnaires, Achievement Gap
Lee, Kathleen; VanLooy, Sara; Young, Judy; Stern, Lisa – K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability, 2016
In an effort to explore the continued challenges faced by post-9/11 veterans with disabilities as they transition from military service back to their home communities, the Cornell University "K. Lisa Yang and Hock E. Tan Institute on Employment and Disability" (YTI), with grant support from The Bob Woodruff Foundation, convened a series…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Veterans, Barriers, Employment
White, Erin; Shakibnia, Ariana F. – Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching and Learning Conference, 2019
This article attempts to address the workforce crisis with implications for economic competitiveness and national defense faced by America and the dichotomy of STEM needs and available employees. Businesses struggle to fill critical skilled roles in STEM occupations and thus suffer sluggish growth. In fact, some estimate up to 2.4 million STEM…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Trends, Labor Force, Futures (of Society)
Long, Janet R. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
In an increasingly complex and competitive employment environment, organizations such as the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), the World Economic Forum, and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills have prioritized major skills, also known as career readiness competencies, that position recent college graduates to successfully…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Humanities, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Rhew, Nicholas D.; Black, Janice A.; Keels, J. Kay – Industry and Higher Education, 2019
Employers and policy makers have criticized higher education institutions for the perceived knowledge and skills deficiencies of their graduates. This article seeks to identify the gaps between employer needs, curricular priorities, and accrediting standards, specifically in the management domain. To this end, the authors content analyzed 200 job…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Labor Needs, Accreditation (Institutions), Undergraduate Students
Etshim, Rachal – Journal of International Education and Leadership, 2017
The transition of new graduate students from school to the labor market in Democratic Republic of Congo has been a major topic for debate over the last twenty years. This study identifies the factors affecting collaboration between higher education and the labor market in Kinshasa, the Capital city of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Even though…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Adebakin, Azeez B.; Ajadi, O. Timothy; Subair, S. Tayo – World Journal of Education, 2015
University is a place where skilled labour is produced for societal and global consumption. This is premised on the fact that education provided at this level enhances human capital development which widens employment opportunities. However, there seems to be disparity over the skills required and those possessed by graduates from Nigerian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employers, Employment Potential
Matsouka, Kyriaki; Mihail, Dimitrios M. – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
The purpose of this article is to investigate the views of university graduates and human resource managers (HRMs) on graduates' employability in terms of the soft skills required by the labour market. Soft skills (personal attributes that enhance an individual's interactions, job performance and career prospects) are necessary in the labour…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment Potential, Student Attitudes