Am I Fit for Tomorrow’s Labor Market? The Effect of Graduates’ Skills Development during Higher Education for the 21st Century’s Labor Market

Habets, Omar; Stoffers, Jol; Heijden, Beatrice van der; Peters, Pascale

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“…The importance of critical thinking is particularly evident in analysing and evaluating employee skills and organisational culture (Brown, 2011;World Economic Forum, 2018). It is thought that critical thinking, combined with skills such as collaboration, problem solving, leadership, creativity and self-discipline, will help employees function effectively in the organisation of today (Rethinking Education: Investing in skills for better socioeconomic outcomes, 2014; European Union, 2018) and be competitive in the 21stcentury labour market (Habets, Stoffers, Van der Heijden and Peters, 2020). The labour market is characterised by vagueness and rapid change, so new competencies, the application of technology, continuous market monitoring and a focus on change are a must.…”

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“…As a result, the picture of a successful modern employee in recent years has been created using a whole set of skills. It is emphasised that 21st-century workers need not only specific work (professional) skills but also general abilities such as communication, collaboration, problem solving and critical thinking (Habets, Stoffers, Van der Heijden and Peters, 2020). Critical thinking is named as one of the key 21stcentury skills relevant to the labour market (Rave, Guerrero and Morales, 2020;Whiting, 2020).…”

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“…Critical thinking is also an important requirement for success as perceived by employers (Carnevale and Smith, 2013) and should therefore be at the forefront of higher education programmes. Critical thinking is one of the skills necessary for sustainable development as well (Rieckmann, 2012;Habets, Stoffers, Van der Heijden and Peters, 2020).…”

Section: Responsibility For Developing a Person's Critical Thinkingmentioning

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“…Critical thinking is used as an important argument in analysing and evaluating employee abilities and organisational culture (Brown, 2011;World Economic Forum, 2018). It is thought that critical thinking, combined with skills such as collaboration, problem solving, leadership, creativity and self-discipline, will help employees function effectively in the organisation of today (European Commission, 2012b; Council of the European Union, 2018) and be competitive in the 21st-century labour market (Habets, Stoffers, Van der Heijden and Peters, 2020).…”

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Critical Thinking in Higher Education and Labour Market

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Jegelevičienė²,

Penkauskienė³

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Preface 6 variety in conceptualisations on what it is, how it is shown, what it addresses,and what it requires. The use and development of critical thinking are regularly and intentionally supported both in the labour market and higher education, despite diverse and clear indications that all that supporting of critical thinking, all that teaching of critical thinking are not always equally effective. Different conceptualisations of critical thinking result in different interpretations of the value of particular interventions, and, in turn, these different interpretations result in different reactions to those interventions. In addition to that insight, the monograph also extends an invitation for more research on fostering critical thinking, both by creating situations that afford critical thinking and by developing what is needed to engage in critical thinking. Here, too, we can only hope that the invitation will be widely accepted.The monograph highlights the importance of critical thinking, that is, why it is equally important to research it. It also highlights the complexity of critical thinking, stressing the need for research that acknowledges that complexity. The monograph recognises and illustrates that critical thinking deserves and requires multiple research approaches. Understanding critical thinking, the practice of critical thinking, the fostering of critical thinking, and the development of critical thinking requires knowledge and an in-depth understanding of the literature on critical thinking; it also requires engagement in empirical research, from qualitative and quantitative to descriptive, explanatory and interventionist. The monograph reveals that more conceptual and more empirical research need one another. Through instantiation, empirical research helps understand and validate conceptual research on critical thinking, while the use of conceptual literature is essential for deconstructing the findings in order to make them meaningful. The methodological richness and solid embeddedness in the (international) literature of this monograph might be intimidating, but extend an invitation to researchers and scholars in the domain of critical thinking to be especially critical when it comes to making methodological choices. Again, we can only hope that the invitation will be widely accepted.In The Society of the Spectacle, Guy Debord invites us to be critical and not to be 'spectators', writing: 'Spectators do not find what they want, they want what they find'. This monograph helps to not become spectators -to remain critical first and foremost about (the development of) critical thinking.

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“…Several approaches to the concept of employability have been presented in the literature, across several disciplinary fields and from different perspectives. From an educational perspective, researchers have paid particular attention to the contributions of higher education on development of graduates' skills in order to be better prepared for labor market transition (Yorke and Knight, 2004; Dacre Pool and Sewell, 2007; Bridgstock, 2009; Habets et al , 2020; Jianu, and Grecea, 2020; Pavlin, 2020; Grosemans and De Cuyper, 2021).…”

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Exploration of employability perceptions with blended multi-criteria decision-making methods

Castro-López

Monteiro

Bernardo

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore employment perception of students as a relevant indicator of higher education quality, using blended multi-criteria decision-making methods.Design/methodology/approachThe differential impact of these variables was analyzed in this paper taking a sample of 641 students and six higher education lecturers identified as experts on young vocational careers. The traditional study of student behavior and perceptions of employability does not incorporate the uncertainty associated with multi-criteria decision processes and is therefore less adapted to the human reasoning process. This research applies traditional techniques together with fuzzy techniques capable of managing more effectively the uncertainty associated with student actions and behaviors.FindingsThis research shows that it is important to consider previous work experience, academic achievement and soft skills developed during education experiences. In this way, this research shows the lecturers how to adapt their pedagogical practices according to students' perceptions of employability and assess their students' perceptions of employability. In addition, lecturers will be able to incorporate the uncertainty associated with decision-making processes to optimize employability perception.Originality/valueHigher education-related research on uncertainty environments as multi-criteria decision problems is still in early stages. The incorporation of the uncertainty associated with decision-making processes to this field allows to optimize employability perception thanks to its adaptation to real human behavior in the adoption of decisions.

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Economic asymmetries and the new “markets of tomorrow”

2023

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This article investigates the differences between the ongoing digital advancements in the market‐based society and the future market‐technology society in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This article explores the “markets of tomorrow” that embody the production capacity limits of technological progress to respond to socio and economic transformations amid viral threats, digitalization, and sustainable growth development. Examining the digital economy and technological advancement in developed and developing countries is being conducted. Generally, three key factors play a significant role in determining business strategy and development. These are the threat of viral infections, the process of digitalization, and the need for sustainable development. Our findings show that socio‐institutional innovations are present in the current landscape and play a role in guiding suggestions for managing these markets, considering their unique characteristics. The novelty of this article is analyzing the digital divide as a new form of global asymmetry. This is particularly important when there is a growing emphasis on polarization and power relations, especially under the conditions of digital competition in new markets of tomorrow, which the Fourth Industrial Revolution has predetermined.

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Am I Fit for Tomorrow’s Labor Market? The Effect of Graduates’ Skills Development during Higher Education for the 21st Century’s Labor Market

Cited by 31 publications

References 53 publications

Critical Thinking in Higher Education and Labour Market

Critical Thinking in Higher Education and Labour Market

Exploration of employability perceptions with blended multi-criteria decision-making methods

Economic asymmetries and the new “markets of tomorrow”

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