Exploring the gap between employers’ needs and undergraduate business curricula: A survey of alumni regarding core business curricula

Garner, Benjamin; Gove, Michael; Ayala, Cesar; Mady, Ashraf

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“…The study determines the level of employers' satisfaction with the quality of training in universities. For this purpose, it was necessary to assess the level of significance of the criteria of quality of university graduates training for the survey participants, as well as the level of satisfaction with these criteria [14,15]. In this case, the criteria of the quality of university graduates training refer to theoretical training of graduates, i.e.…”

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Study of the Level of Employers’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Training in Universities

Konstantin¹,

Irina²,

Trukova³

2020

Proceedings of the “New Silk Road: Business Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development” (NSRBCPED 2019)

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The study of employers' attitudes and public opinion shows a serious problem in the relationship between employers and universities. The problem is that the professional qualification of university graduates is more likely to be insufficient to satisfy growing employers' demands. The key aspects of the problem are the lack of both work experience and practical and socio-psychological training of the graduates.The introduction of new requirements to the educational process, regulated by modern State educational standards, as well as changing employers' attitude to the issues relating to staffing should improve the quality of training of university graduates in terms of their readiness to perform practical tasks in real conditions. This study aims to assess the level of employers' satisfaction with the quality of training in universities for the regional labor market.The results identified the employers' requirements for university graduates, the priority of criteria for personnel selection, the importance of university graduates' personal characteristics for employers and other things that should be taken into account by universities while developing the model of interaction with the labor market. Keywords: level of employers' satisfaction, quality of training in universities, interaction between employers and universities, labor market, competence-oriented education

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Study of the Level of Employers’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Training in Universities

Konstantin¹,

Irina²,

Trukova³

2020

Proceedings of the “New Silk Road: Business Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development” (NSRBCPED 2019)

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“…While conducting closing-the-gap studies, researchers apply a variety of methods including surveys, interviews, and workplace observations. Some studies have looked specifically at alumni reflections on curriculum in comparison to workplace needs (Garner et al, 2019; Marcel, 2017), whereas others have focused on student and instructor feedback (Russ, 2009). Attempts at workplace studies have been made, but often do not encompass all modes.…”

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Measuring Business and Professional Communication Skills

Coffelt

Cosgrove

Vance

2022

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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Understanding the expectations of employers contributes to the relevancy of business and professional communication (BPC) courses. Studies that bridge the gap between course content and workplace expectations support this process. This article presents findings from a scale development procedure to analyze BPC skills using a multimodal perspective. Employers ( N = 260) were asked what skills they perceive to be communication and how proficient they expect a recent college graduate to be to better understand the expectations that graduates face when entering the job market. The findings have implications for course design, curriculum selection, and program organization.

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“…It is the possession of what are known as ‘employability skills’ (see, for example, Boden and Nedeva, 2010), indicating the ability of an individual to do a job successfully, that is sought by employers. In this regard, employers lay blame on the educational provision of universities (Little, 2005; Rhew et al, 2019) for focusing on technical skills rather than on developing softer or social skills, such as communication, inter-personal relationships and teamworking (Abdullah-Al-Mamun, 2012; Ellis et al, 2014; Garner et al, 2019). As a result, they feel that universities do not adequately prepare graduates for the workplace (Konig and Ribaric, 2019; Prikshat et al, 2019).…”

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The importance of part-time work to UK university students

Evans

Yusof

2020

Industry and Higher Education

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the skills requirements of UK graduate jobs and to compare them to those for part-time jobs typically undertaken by UK university students in order to identify similarities and/or differences between them. A content analysis of 100 graduate jobs and 100 part-time jobs was used as the basis of comparison. The person skills criteria were initially noted for graduate jobs and were then compared to the skills required for the part-time jobs. Quantitative analysis was carried out to determine the relationship between the two sets of skills criteria. Twenty-seven criteria were identified in the graduate jobs. It was found that there was a close relationship between the criteria specified in graduate positions and those for part-time jobs. This highlights the importance of part-time working for university students to gain vital skills to support their graduate job applications. By demonstrating connections between the two types of jobs, this study will hopefully contribute to convincing graduate employers of university students’ work-readiness.

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Exploring the gap between employers’ needs and undergraduate business curricula: A survey of alumni regarding core business curricula

Cited by 19 publications

References 31 publications

Study of the Level of Employers’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Training in Universities

Study of the Level of Employers’ Satisfaction with the Quality of Training in Universities

Measuring Business and Professional Communication Skills

The importance of part-time work to UK university students

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