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Oluwalola, Felicia Kikelomo – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2019
The study examined business studies and employability skills development in junior secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis Kwara State. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. A survey research designed was adopted for the study. The population of this study comprises all the 4570 teachers in all the private and public junior…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Business Education, Junior High Schools, Junior High School Students
D'Souza, Clare; McCormack, Silvia; Taghian, Mehdi; Chu, Mei-Tai; Sullivan-Mort, Gillian; Ahmed, Tanvir – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: Curricula is developing from a pure knowledge-based outcome to a more skill-based outcome, with the objective of creating and advancing competencies that meet employer expectations. While the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) demand organisations to change practices and adapt to sustainable goals, there is a lack of understanding…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Competency Based Education, Employer Attitudes, Administrators
Rospigliosi, Pericles; Bourner, Tom; Heath, Linda – International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2016
The aim of this article is to explore the historical context of vocationalism in universities. It is based on an analysis of the history of the university from a vocational perspective. It looks for evidence of vocational engagement in the activities of universities over time, taking a long view from the birth of the Western University in the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Vocational Education, Universities, Vocational Interests
Schlick, Stephanie, Ed. – Collegiate Employment Research Institute, 2015
The Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI) generated this report from employers currently seeking college talent through their interactions with college and university career services offices. Nearly 200 career service centers from around the country invited their employers to participate in this study. More than 4,730 employers provided…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Personnel Selection, College Graduates, Entrepreneurship
Young, Karen; Palmer, Stuart; Binek, Clare; Tolson, Mark; Campbell, Malcolm – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2019
This paper describes a process of assessment reform designed to enhance Work Integrated Learning (WIL) approaches for two science courses at an Australian university. The project used a mixed-method approach involving online surveys, interviews, focus groups and workshops to gather student, industry and course team knowledge and understanding of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Science Education, Barriers
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
This publication presents information on employers' use and views of the vocational education and training (VET) system. The findings relate to the various ways in which Australian employers use the VET system and unaccredited training to meet their skill needs, and their satisfaction with these methods of training. Australian employers can engage…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Employer Attitudes, Use Studies
Sametz, Rebecca R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
For youth with disabilities, transitioning from school to work and adult life often means overcoming multiple social, academic, and environmental constraints that may present as roadblocks to meeting society's expectations of 'successful transition' (Lehman, Clark, Bullis, Rinkin, & Castellanos, 2002). According to the United States Department…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Level, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Comparative Analysis
Raish, Victoria; Rimland, Emily – College & Research Libraries, 2016
Digital badges are an educational innovation used to measure learning of specific skills, such as information literacy. However, few studies have quantitatively surveyed employers for their perceptions about information literacy skills or digital badges. An online survey was developed and sent to employers to gauge perceptions of information…
Descriptors: Information Skills, Employer Attitudes, Statistical Analysis, Outcome Measures
Whitlow, Jan H. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This qualitative study compares perceptions of Master of Business Administration (MBA) students and recent MBA graduates with those of employers of recent MBA graduates and MBA faculty regarding the skills, competencies, and experiences needed to be successful in their new graduate jobs. The researcher gathered stakeholder perspectives of the…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, College Graduates, Student Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Cirlan, Elena; Loukkola, Tia – European University Association, 2020
MICROBOL -- Micro-credentials linked to the Bologna Key Commitments -- is a two-year project co-funded by Erasmus+ KA3 Support to Policy reform, and more specifically "Support to the implementation of EHEA [European Higher Education Area] reforms". It is linked to the aims of the new Erasmus+ Programme and the EHEA to increase access to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Skills, Skill Development
Hartley, Phillip; Routon, P. Wesley; Torres, Luis – Journal of Marketing Education, 2019
Drawing from a panel survey of over 400,000 college graduates from over 600 different colleges and universities in the United States, this article addresses three questions related to skill change during college tenure. First, as judged by the students themselves, how much change in 15 skill categories do marketing majors experience during…
Descriptors: Marketing, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Mýtna Kureková, Lucia; Beblavý, Miroslav; Haita, Corina; Thum, Anna-Elisabeth – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
This article analyses online job advertisements to identify skills that are demanded in selected low- and medium-skilled occupations. We explore data from the publicly administered cross-European EURES job search portal and quantify the different cognitive and non-cognitive skills requested by employers in small European economies. While we find…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Job Skills, Cross Cultural Studies, Employment
Weintraub, Sara C.; Curnalia, Rebecca M. L.; Manning, Jimmie; Reitzel, Armeda C.; Chastain, Melissa – Communication Education, 2016
The Learning Outcomes in Communication (LOC) grant project isolated and refined what communication majors should "know" and be able to "do." The LOC project was an opportunity to begin a conversation in the discipline about the breadth of personal and professional competencies taught in programs. The resulting LOCs are…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Communications, Majors (Students), Educational Research
Spraakman, Gary; O'Grady, Winifred; Askarany, Davood; Akroyd, Chris – Accounting Education, 2015
Management accountants work in a computerized workplace with information technology (IT) for producing financial ledgers and for reporting. Thus, the role of the management accountant has shifted from capturing and recording transactions to analyzing business issues. The research question is: what IT knowledge and skills do employers require of…
Descriptors: Accounting, Technological Literacy, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications
Meeks, Gloria Amparo – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The focus of this study was a problem identified by human resources directors and managers in a medium sized community in the southeast of the United States. The problem was that some college graduates are not equipped with the necessary soft skills to be successful in the workforce. Executive directors and human resources managers brought this…
Descriptors: Job Skills, College Graduates, Emotional Intelligence, Human Resources