Graduate employability skills: Words and phrases used in job interviews

Krishnan, Isai Amutan; Ramalingam, Selvajothi; Kaliappen, Narentheren; Uthamaputhran, Sathiswaran; Suppiah, Puspalata C; Mello, Geraldine De; Paramasivam, Sheela

doi:10.1177/1038416220980425

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“…In addition to technical expertise, an applicant's skill in describing their abilities by using the most prominent words and phrases to express their work skills in interviews also contributes to their success in the recruitment process [16]. However, non-verbal information that is conveyed through gestures and appearances is also important in recruiters' evaluation process [17,18].…”

Section: Ideal Candidates and How Companies Evaluate Themmentioning

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The Formation of Accounting Students’ Strategies in The Recruitment Process of The Big Four Public Accounting Firms

Wanakantjana,

Hafsari,

Fadhilah

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 5th International Public Sector Conference, IPSC 2023, October 10th-11th 2023, Bali, Indonesia

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Using Bourdieu's theory of practice, this study analyzed how the strategies of 12 final year accounting students is shaped to the point where they understand the ways of accumulating and using resources in order to succeed in the Big Four recruitment process. This study also examines how the beliefs attached to students can be affected when students succeed or fail in the recruitment process. The findings show that students' perceptions and behaviors in undergoing the Big Four recruitment process is formed by the interactions students go through with other social agents and the things they experience in the field of accounting education. These will later on provide students with a knowledge on how to fall in line with the rules of the Big Four recruitment process and will therefore become the basis of students' recruitment strategies that are used in the process.

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Section: Ideal Candidates and How Companies Evaluate Themmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Formation of Accounting Students’ Strategies in The Recruitment Process of The Big Four Public Accounting Firms

Wanakantjana,

Hafsari,

Fadhilah

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the 5th International Public Sector Conference, IPSC 2023, October 10th-11th 2023, Bali, Indonesia

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“…Podgórska et al [54] and Yussof et al [44] stress the crucial need to develop communication skills for high-complexity projects. Language proficiency has been identified as one of the most critical employability skills [55]. The results from Survey 2 were used to extract some concepts that were related to communication skills from the Performance Criteria of Personal Competence as mentioned in the PMCD Framework.…”

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Students’ Workplace Readiness: Assessment and Skill-Building for Graduate Employability

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This study introduces a new approach for the competence development of the socio-technical aspect. The curriculum of the Project Management (PM) course taught in degree programs concentrates largely on imparting technical knowledge. Current research seeks to direct the attention of the PM curriculum towards Personal Competencies as well. PM studies not only require a project to be carried out successfully but also expect students to demonstrate certain personal competencies, behaviors, and traits to effectively lead the project team. This research seeks to inform action and yield pertinent knowledge and instructional material around the desired personal competence. This study adopts an exploratory and (educational) action research approach with a quantitative mode of inquiry. The first of the four phases of this study comprises an action-based approach to find out which Personal Competence is essential for PM students. The second phase is of further follow-ups with the research subjects that indicate their lack of understanding of the PM personal competencies. The next phase employs a second survey showing that the Communication Skills of research subjects need work. The last phase offers a comprehensive training plan around the required competence, a training evaluation tool, a competence assessment exam, and tools for training and trainer feedback. The findings of this research bear immense implications for PM competence building and curriculum. The practical contribution of the study offers a way to prepare the graduates for ready employability.

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An Appraisal Analysis of the Performance of Malaysian Fresh Graduates in a Job Interview

Krishnan,

Maniam,

Mokhtar

2024

SAGE Open

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The current study was undertaken to investigate how fresh graduates perform in English and why they were successful, reserved, or unsuccessful in job interviews from the perspective of the Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) Appraisal Theory namely from the Attitude subsystem. The theory focuses on the English language proficiency of the candidates in terms of their ability to express their stances in English. A qualitative method was employed in the present study. The data of the study comprised of walk-in interview transcripts of 10 fresh graduates for the post of Administrative Officer (s). An Appraisal analysis was conducted to reveal stances for the answers to the general interview question, “How do you face challenges?” and it was used as a theme to analyze the data. The findings revealed that the Appreciation subsystem of Attitude was used predominantly by candidates who were successful. The current study is expected to advance knowledge on the performance of graduates in job interviews and contribute to the field of SFL and Educational Linguistics.

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Graduate employability skills: Words and phrases used in job interviews

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

The Formation of Accounting Students’ Strategies in The Recruitment Process of The Big Four Public Accounting Firms

The Formation of Accounting Students’ Strategies in The Recruitment Process of The Big Four Public Accounting Firms

Students’ Workplace Readiness: Assessment and Skill-Building for Graduate Employability

An Appraisal Analysis of the Performance of Malaysian Fresh Graduates in a Job Interview

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