...Mohammed Ali Al-Awlaqi; Adel Alhuraibi; Nezar Mohammed AL-Samhi Purpose This study aims to explore the mechanism by which internship programs create and improve employability skills among university graduates. The graduate student’s mindset was chosen as a potential factor explaining...

...), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence . Public speaking competence (PSC) Employability skills Vocational education and training (VET) Graduate attributes for employability (GA...

... first impression. In essence, the study endeavours to enhance knowledge on employers' inferences about a candidate’s HCs and employability skills based on resume content. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive 12-item survey was devised to collect employers' perceptions and expectations...

... graduates entering the labour market. Employability Measures of employability Perceived employability Employability scale Employability index Employability skills This paper presents a systematic review of recent measures of employability followed by a categorisation of the measures reviewed...

...Siti Nor Amalina Ahmad Tajuddin; Khairul Azam Bahari; Fatima M. Al Majdhoub; Shanthi Balraj Baboo; Harlina Samson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the industry's expectations on the key employability skills of fresh graduates in the communication and media industry. The Fourth...

... built on and deepened the knowledge accumulated at university. The findings indicate that there is, indeed, a gap between theory and practice but that employability skills may assist in the transfer process. Research limitations/implications The research broadens the understanding of how theoretical...

...Peggy M.L. Ng; Jason K. Y. Chan; Tai Ming Wut; Man Fung Lo; Irene Szeto Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a conceptual model to examine key employability skills that match workplace requirements and foster employability. Design/methodology/approach This research comprises a cross...

... learning Professional development Project based learning Employability skills Research and consultancy projects Sohar University in Oman won a Research and Consultancy project from be'ah in the month of January 2019. The project was secured through a highly competitive online national bidding...

...Jill Tomasson Goodwin; Joslin Goh; Stephanie Verkoeyen; Katherine Lithgow Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on research findings from a teaching and learning intervention that explored whether undergraduate university students can be taught to articulate their employability skills...

... Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Higher education Learning Time management Planning Employability skills Business abilities The conception of time, its perception and management, depends on the culture we belong to as expressed by Edward...

... 2017 16 03 2018 20 07 2018 15 08 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Higher education Employability skills Anticipative and remedial strategies Employers’ perception We follow a qualitative methodology...

... officers under whom fresh business graduates were working. They were asked to indicate the importance of 12 employability skills in the industry and to rate business graduates working under them against these skills. Results are achieved by applying paired samples and independent samples t-tests...

...David Messer Purpose In the UK, concern frequently has been voiced that young people lack appropriate employability skills. One way to address this is to provide work based placements. In general, previous research findings have indicated that young people find such placements useful because...

... Communication apprehension Employability skills Communication skills Vocational choice The selection of an academic course, or even whether to go to university, enrol in vocational education courses or not to study is one of the most difficult and relevant decisions that every student must face...

...Rami M. Ayoubi; Kahla Alzarif; Bayan Khalifa Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the desired employability skills of business graduates in Syria from the perspective of both higher education policymakers and employers in the private sector. Design/methodology/approach Interviews...

... Publishing Limited 2015 Organizational success Exploratory factor analysis Employability skills Graduate performance Knowledge-based industry Organizational fit As the debate evolves, new skills are being proposed as important in the twenty-first century, such as: action orientation...

...Ngat-Chin Lim Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to showcase that the integration of academic assessment with workplace performance appraisal practices can help to address the gap between graduate employability skills and employers’ requirements. Employability refers to learning...

...Joanna Poon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited real estate courses in the UK have equipped real estate graduates with sufficient relevant employability skills to embark on a career in the profession. This paper...