Important Skills That Employers are Looking for in Graduates 1.0 Introduction According to Principal Statistics of Labour Force (2012)‚ the unemployed rate remained at 3.1% in December 2011 in which the number of unemployed are approximately 400‚000 people. In the globalisation era‚ especially in the global market‚ graduates are evaluated by a combination of skills and knowledge. The trend of globalisation has leaded the graduates to different demand in employee skills especially soft skills
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1.0 Introduction In the current alma mater generation such as the unemployed graduates‚ they are facing many challenges in Malaysia. Furthermore‚ future graduates will encounter the same obstacles in acquiring a job‚ thus leading to increase in jobless rate. This is due to fresh graduates did not reach the required skills for each job sector they needed to work in and also high expectations from the industries. Besides that‚ they couldn’t perform well in contributing to the company once they start
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some increasing demands on working scenario in Malaysia. The Malaysian employers demand for a higher education personnel that can be call as a “work ready” graduates with some adequate soft skills. All of the employers wanted to have graduates that have a discipline-specific knowledge and hard and soft skills; relevant work experience (typically attained a part time job). The lack of soft skills has contributed greatly to graduate unemployment‚ besides factors such as low proficiency in English‚ lack
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The current job market can be quite competitive. With the unemployment rate at 7.9 %(Fontes‚ 2013)‚ many individuals are going back to school to earn their degree. This is in part from employers requiring potential hires to think critically. ("What Skills Are Employers Looking For?‚" 2013). Employers will appreciate the hard work that goes into earning a degree‚ but if one cannot think critically‚ the chances of landing that job are slim. To determine a definition for critical thinking‚ one
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will discuss and detail what potential employers look for in graduates when they leave their respect universities and to what extent are communication skills important to them. In order to completely understand the question key terms need to be explained. Communication is usually described as the exchange of information from one person to another through written or spoken words‚ symbols and or actions to reach a common understanding (Boddy‚ 2008). The term graduate relates to a person would has completed
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Graduates may be able to look forward to higher salaries and more job opportunities this year‚ but employers have warned that students still lack the "soft skills" needed in most workplaces. The biannual survey of the graduate job market‚ published today by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR)‚ found that 43% of employers were unable to fill all their graduate vacancies last year - up more than 10% on 2005 - because students had failed to match academic achievement with leadership‚ teamwork
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Unemployment among graduate students Unemployment among graduates is a serious problem in Malaysia. Unemployment describes the state of a worker who is able and willing to take work but cannot find it. A high unemployment rate generally indicates an economy in recession with few job opportunities. In Malaysia‚ today situation is different compare to twenty years ago as there is increase of competitiveness and volatility in labor market. Graduates not only need to compete among themselves‚ but
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Uniten accounting graduates. Prior studies were carried out to investigate expectation and perception of employers on accounting graduates. (e.g. Ismail‚ Elham & Manaf ‚2000) However‚ there are only limited amount of studies conducted about employer’s satisfaction level towards accounting graduates. This study will be able to explore some of the areas that have not been highlighted before. For instance‚ the prior study by Cole and Thompson (2002)‚ only explores the agri-business employers’ perception regarding
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What employers are looking for in a job applicant? Finding a job‚ whether it is the first‚ a return to work after years at home‚ or just another step in the career‚ is never easy. Most job seekers have a distorted sense of an employer’s priorities in making hiring decisions. Too many applicants put the emphasis on educational credentials and ignore the qualities employers seek with the keenest interest. What do employers look for in job candidates? What impresses them the most? Knowing
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2011 / 2012 Republic of Kenya Skills Gap Analysis for Graduates of Youth Polytechnics‚ Vocational Training Centres & Out-Of-School Youth Youth Employment Regional Programme 2011 / 2012 Content Abbreviations and Acronyms iii Foreword vi Acknowledgements viii Executive Summary ix Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Situation Analysis 1.2 Current Initiatives 1.3 Purpose of the Study 1.4 Scope of Work 1.5 Study Approach and Methodology 1.6 Limitations 1.7 Structure of the
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