Structural determinants of students’ employability: Influence of career guidance activities

Pitan, Oluyomi Susan; Atiku, Sulaiman Olusegun

doi:10.15700/saje.v37n4a1424

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“…The government has encouraged TVET programmes in all HEIs, and many have moved simultaneously on two interrelated fronts: they have found ways to improve the quality and relevance of the programmes they offer, especially in the area of TVET, and have improved technology and begun to provide quality infrastructure for teaching (Iruonagbe et al., 2015). However, despite these improvements, there is evidence that HEI students have difficulty determining appropriate career paths, which might negatively affect the employability, career aspirations, and choices of the graduates (Pitan, 2016; Pitan & Atiku, 2017).…”

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“…(2017) study on “understanding the career aspirations and skill development action plans of Information Technology students in Australian HE(I)” found variability in students’ short-term aspirations and a lack of understanding regarding effective actions to achieve their career goals, highlighting issues with setting realistic expectations. In Nigeria, Pitan and Atiku (2017) examined “students’ employability through career guidance activities offered at selected universities”, finding a positive influence for career guidance activities on student employability. Pitan and Atiku (2017, p. 10) also found that “self-awareness and opportunity awareness have the greatest influence on students’ employability, followed by decision-making skills, and then transition learning skills”.…”

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How careers advice and guidance can facilitate career development in technical, vocational education, and training graduates: The case in Nigeria

Okolie

Nwajiuba²,

Binuomote³

et al. 2020

Australian Journal of Career Development

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This study examined the current state of careers advice, guidance, and counselling (CAGC) services and programmes in the technical, vocational education, and training (TVET) system of Nigerian higher education institutions (HEIs). This was to determine how well current CAGC services and programmes foster students’ career development, aspirations, and choices. Forty-eight participants, who were members of the Nigerian National Board for Technical Education (8 participants), guidance counsellors (6), university TVET teachers (18), career experts from the National Directorate of Employment (7), and newly employed TVET graduates (9), volunteered for the study. A purposeful sampling procedure was adopted to recruit participants. Data were collected using a semi-structured interview approach, and we employed a thematic design for the coding and analysis of the transcribed data. The study found no CAGC services and programmes in the TVET system. It is recommended, therefore, that TVET systems should focus on providing career development enhanced learning rather than schooling only by revising the curriculum to include programmes and activities that promote CAGC activities and programmes.

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How careers advice and guidance can facilitate career development in technical, vocational education, and training graduates: The case in Nigeria

Okolie

Nwajiuba²,

Binuomote³

et al. 2020

Australian Journal of Career Development

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“…Many large companies in the field of engineering need male workers, but not a few need female workers (Sanchis-Segura et al, 2018) because female workers are generally very thorough at work. Gender differences in career interests also contribute to women's underrepresentation in mathematics-intensive fields (Pitan & Atiku, 2017;Williams & Mangan, 2016).…”

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The Effectiveness of STEM-Based on Gender Differences: The Impact of Physics Concept Understanding

Sagala¹,

Misbah²,

Thahir³

et al. 2019

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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The purpose of this research is to describe the effectiveness of STEM on the physics concepts understanding seen from gender differences. The research method used is a type of quasi-experimental design with 2x2 factorial design and saturated sampling technique. The data collecting technique used a tested method to see the results of students' concept understanding. Hypothesis testing was done using two-way ANOVA 2 x 2 factorial designs. The results of the study are: (1) there are differences in STEM and conventional learning on concepts understanding and the use of STEM learning is more effective than the conventional one; (2) there are differences in the results of understanding the concept between male and female students where male students are higher than female students; and, (3) there is no interaction between learning and gender towards concepts understanding. The research recommends designing the STEM-integrated ESciT learning to be relevant with the indicator measurements and to manage the learning effectively to obtain optimum learning outcome.

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“…This challenge is amplified in South Africa where there is an increasing shortage of skilled people [3]. An implication of this reality is that it is no longer sufficient for graduates to merely possess a degree or good grades, as it is imperative that they possess a range of aptitudes that promote employability, and integrate into new methods of production [4].…”

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The Integration of Newly Graduated Construction Managers into the South African Construction Industry

Thulani¹,

Mark²,

John³

2020

Proceedings of the Creative Construction E-Conference 2020

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Anecdotal evidence indicates that newly graduated Construction Managers experience difficulty in terms of integrating into the construction industry. Construction Managers (CMs) and Construction Project Managers (CPMs) registered with the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) were surveyed by means of an online survey to determine the status quo with respect to newly graduated construction managers. In terms of findings, graduates were rated: average to good / good in terms of overall performance, however, marginally so; marginally below average in terms of their performance relative to the functions of management work; highest relative to computer literacy, numeracy, and trust and honesty in terms of attributes / skills during probation; highest relative to computer literacy, numeracy, and written communication after probation; highest relative to construction technology, construction science, and research methodology in terms of knowledge areas, and highest relative to personal integrity in terms of ten core competencies. Conclusions include: graduates are employable; challenges exist in terms of newly graduated Construction Managers, and tertiary built environment education must enhance graduates' attributes, knowledge, skills, core competencies, and emotional intelligence (EI). Recommendations include: tertiary institutions should ensure that graduates are well versed and developed during their four-year study period; emphasis should be placed on developing core competencies and EI; employers should subject graduates to graduate training programmes; the interface between industry and tertiary education should be optimised through forums, and students should undertake construction-related vacation work and generic part-time work.

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Structural determinants of students’ employability: Influence of career guidance activities

Cited by 35 publications

References 10 publications

How careers advice and guidance can facilitate career development in technical, vocational education, and training graduates: The case in Nigeria

How careers advice and guidance can facilitate career development in technical, vocational education, and training graduates: The case in Nigeria

The Effectiveness of STEM-Based on Gender Differences: The Impact of Physics Concept Understanding

The Integration of Newly Graduated Construction Managers into the South African Construction Industry

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