Identifying the trends and impact of graduate attributes on employability: a literature review

Osmani, Mohamad; Weerakkody, Vishanth; Hindi, Nitham; Al‐Esmail, Rajab; Eldabi, Tillal; Kapoor, Kawaljeet Kaur; Irani, Zahir

doi:10.1080/13583883.2015.1114139

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“…Jobs in public and private sector organizations are based on coordinated work with public, clients, colleagues and top-level management. The result of this study extends the prior findings [24,20] that communication skills exert highest influence on employability of graduates.…”

Section: Employability Analysissupporting

confidence: 87%

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Employability Analysis of Management External Degree Holders of Sri Lanka: Longitudinal Study Based on University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Sachitra

Kumara

2019

AJESS

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Aims:The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of employability of the graduates receiving external management degrees in the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Study Design: The study used past three years' data gathered at the Convocation days held in year 2015, 2016 and 2017. It included graduates' demographic characteristics, employability and the nature of jobs engaged. Results: The study provided quantitative results about the employability of external degree holders and the results showed that the employability rate of external degree holders was relatively high compared with the employability rate of the management graduate in Sri Lanka at the date of convocation. On the basis of findings, the study proves that business graduates possess average 2 levels of employability skills in terms of technology and communication skills. Conclusion: Although the results exemplify the initial step towards a description of employability of external degree holders, they shed light in terms of future development of the management external degree programmes. Presently, Sri Lanka meets the management employment expected, but in the future, management graduates need to realize that education is not all about to attain good marks but to explore and develop personal capabilities.

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Section: Employability Analysissupporting

confidence: 87%

“…In spite of technological skills, Bennett [19] further revealed that communication as the top most skill requirement for management jobs and it is the most frequently used skill to investigate employability [20]. Similarly, communication skill is reported as the most requirement for fresh graduates in management discipline [21].…”

Section: Employability Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Employability Analysis of Management External Degree Holders of Sri Lanka: Longitudinal Study Based on University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Sachitra

Kumara

2019

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“…Institutes engaged in tertiary education often seek to apply practical aspects of a subject to the theoretical work, included in a curriculum, to best prepare the students enrolled in higher education for their eventual release into the real world experience as employees. The rate of employability of graduates from a university, as reflected from employer's feedback, is a factor that induces a higher education institutes' reputation (Shah, Grebennikov, & Nair, 2015) and therefore, conversing with the industry professionals and incorporating information from the industry to the subject work is an essential aspect in higher education (Osmani et al, 2015). Although this is the case, oftentimes, more focus is given by students towards grades and academic performance, mainly focusing on the improvements to their grade point averages (GPA).…”

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confidence: 99%

Performance Expectations for IT Graduates in Software Development

Jayakody¹,

Bulathsinghala²,

Lihinigama³

et al. 2019

GJCST

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Technology makes the world more connected than it did yesterday, and it integrates worldwide activities in a blink of an eye. In the IT sector, there are several job roles as identified under software development. These job roles have different duties and tasks which requires employees, with a unique set of skills to match the specific requirements in the field. During the past few decades, the employment landscape has changed, and new occupations are rising in the field of software development, yet no satisfactory evidence has been provided by existing literature on the performance expectations in the industry, for IT graduates in software development, in the Sri Lankan context. Therefore, this research objectives to ascertain the expectations of employers on the technical, personal, educational, and general competencies of employees, holding an IT degree and to draw differences among individual and teamwork settings according to the identified competencies.

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“…The third factor is the possibility of future fulfillment in the field of science (8.7%). In general, based on the respondents' answers, we may conclude that the key objective of participation of students in scientific events -to get the large amount of knowledge that will effectively realize their potential: professional, personal, creative (Osmani et al, 2015).…”

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Science Development in Russian Universities as Main Factor of Human Resources Reproduction

Mastalygina¹

2017

European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The main trends of scientific work in Russian higher education institutions in terms of Plekhanov Russian University of Economics were analyzed. The structure of the university science was investigated according to the main directions of scientific activity of Russian higher education institution: grants and contract research works, publication activity, commercialization of research, scientific personnel training and students' research work. The main instruments of research policy were studied to develop the most efficient strategy of involvement of students in research and development activities and human resources reproduction. The necessity of systematic work with the considered contingent at all stages of the formation of the scientific path "bachelor -master -Ph.D. student" was established. According to the sociological results, one of the main factors of students' integration into scientific and research work was personal growth that could be realized by means of organization of challenging work with practical results. Further, it is important to develop the system of material incentives for good results of scientific work.

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Identifying the trends and impact of graduate attributes on employability: a literature review

Cited by 98 publications

References 33 publications

Employability Analysis of Management External Degree Holders of Sri Lanka: Longitudinal Study Based on University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Employability Analysis of Management External Degree Holders of Sri Lanka: Longitudinal Study Based on University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Performance Expectations for IT Graduates in Software Development

Science Development in Russian Universities as Main Factor of Human Resources Reproduction

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