...increasing employability through higher education...fact or fiction Introduction Whether you.re a recent graduate or are facing the prospects of looking for a job in the near future, there are many factors to consider before entering the job market. Knowing the kind of job you want, getting yourself prepared for the job market, and presenting yourself as a valuable asset would make it easier to obtain a position that will successfully meet the needs of both you and your employer. With globalization taking place and the employment equity act in force the job market has become rather competitive. Now, a person not only has to compete for a job with the different people from his own community or country but also with the people who emigrate from other countries. So what is it that will distinguish you from all your competitors? This literature review aims at exploring employability and focusing on the link between education and employability to determine whether employability can be increased through higher education. Defining employability A report carried out by Hillage and Pollard (1998) for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) found that. . Employability is about having the ability to acquire initial employment, keeping employment and acquire new employment if required. . For an individual, employability depends upon: 1. Assets in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes, 2. The way these assets are used and deployed, 3. Presentation of assets to potential...
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...Education working as Brgy. Secretary or a BSOA graduate working as Barangay Health Worker. Today, most college students and their families are banking on education as the means and ways to have a financially secured job in the future that is why they enter in tertiary level. The higher education institutions then are responsible in equipping these students with knowledge, values, and skills to be able to perform well in the working place. Mountain Province State Polytechnic College as an institution offers Bachelor of Science in Office Administration which aims to produce graduates who are employable and globally competitive in the various general and specialized administrative supports, supervisory and managerial positions. More or less it is then expected to see BSOA graduates of MPSPC to be working in offices. To gauge whether the BSOA graduates dream of good job is met, this study on the “Employability of BSOA graduates (2008-2013) in Bontoc” will look into the nature and level of employment of the BSOA graduates since school year 2008 to 2013 and the factors affecting the employability...
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...university students should not be given courses on study skills in their study programme, as they are expected to have acquired these competencies from their earlier education. From my point of view, I agreed with the above topic. The reason I agreed it is because we should not waste our valuable time in university to been taught on study skills. As one of the out campus student, time is very valuable to us. We have to secrete our time between study, work and family. Basically all the study skills such as time management, note taking, SQ3R and so on should be taught in our early education. (primary or secondary). What are the study skills? The term study skills is often used interchangeable with many other term which all describe the same thing – a person’s ability to study effectively, and their ability to acquire knowledge As I mention earlier, the study skills can be categorized as follows: Time management – as a university student, we need to organize our work for ourselves. The number of simultaneous demands being made upon us by different tutors and different courses can be quite daunting at first. Note taking - Everyone takes notes for different purposes at different times. Note-taking can serve a variety of functions depending upon both the context in which they are taken. For an example, kindly see appendix 1 (Cornell note taking) SQ3R – Is on of the reading technic that a student can implent in their study skills. Based on Derek Rowntree in his book Learn How...
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...ENHANCING STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY: Higher Education and Workforce Development Ninth Quality in Higher Education International Seminar in collaboration with ESECT and The Independent. Birmingham 27th-28th January 2005 The Competencies for Next Generation Employability Eamonn McQuade, Deirdre Hogan, John O’Donoghue, Theresa Maguire, Eamonn Murphy. Programme for the University Industry Interface, University of Limerick Conference Theme 3: Working with employers Abstract It is generally accepted that employees will need to broaden their knowledge, skills and competencies through a lifetime of learning if they are to remain employable, and if enterprises are to maintain their competitiveness in a knowledge-based global economy. However, identifying and developing skills and competencies for next generation employability in Ireland is a challenging task. The Programme for University Industry Interface (PUII) is an action research project, established in 2003, to determine the skills and competencies required by Irish Industry and to develop learning models that will facilitate their delivery. This paper presents the outcomes of an action research methodology based on a Community of Practice model (COP), which addressed the issues surrounding competencies for next generation employability. It proposes a competency framework which integrates the four key categories of skills: Business, Technical, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and presents a set of recommendations...
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... In this report I will be explaining what employability is and why they are important. I will also define what is personal and communicational skills required when applying for a job role as an accountant. Employability Skills Each job requires candidates doing it to possess a variety of specialist skills require for a specific job. Though there are range of skills that are useful to a wider variety of careers and are hence forth transferable between jobs. This is known as employability skills. These are essential for employees to be able to work effectively in a modern organisation or workplace. For instance to be an accountant for Cameron Balloons, the applicant needs to have suitable qualifications as well as having relevant experience in a similar role. This is important when applying for a job as an accountant, since it tells the organisation that you possess the experience and qualifications that are required for the job. Personal Skills Personal Skills are certain skills that will be beneficial regardless of the job. These transferrable skills make a candidate for the accounting job attractive when they are applying for the job role for Cameron balloons. For an accountant on of the personal skills that will be beneficial will be patience. As an accountant having patience is very important. An accountant who remains patience in a very difficult time and situations and gets the job done is highly valued by the organisation. Therefore showing this skills while applying...
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...HMEMS80 myUnisa site]. 1 SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS See the INSTRUCTION document for the material that you need to work through and the multiple choice questions to complete this section. Question number Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Correct answer: Indicate ONLY the letter for the correct answer below for each of the 10 questions. D A D D A D D A A D 2 SECTION B: LITERATURE REVIEW Include your literature review below: Developing a conceptual model for graduate employability in South Africa. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction pg.3 2. The Concept of Employability pg.4 3. An Academic and Work Experience Perspective pg.4 4. Elements of Employability pg.6 5. Conclusion pg.7 6. References pg.7 Introduction Employability of graduates in South...
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...|Assignment front sheet | |Learner Name |Assessor Name | | | | |Date issued |Hand in Date |Submitted on | | | | | |Qualification |Unit number and title | |BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma/ Subsidiary Diploma in Business |Unit 2: Business Resources | |Assignment no and title | Assignment 1 : Know how human resources are managed | |Criteria reference|To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that | | |Task No ...
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...M2 – Assessing the importance of employability and personal skills in the recruitment and retention of staff at Asda In this report I am going to be assessing the importance of employability and personal skills in the recruitment and retention of staff at Asda. Asda are looking for an employee with essential employability skills for the job such as experience dealing with customers. Asda are looking for this skill because you will be dealing with customers constantly throughout the day and may have to deal with customer complaints and queries, it is also cost effective for the company if you already have experience rather than them spending money to put you into training which may not be the best thing for them this is because if they keep putting people into training and they don’t enjoy the job and leave or get fired then Asda will have wasted their money, where as if they find people that already have the experience of dealing with customers they can work straight away and Asda will not have to pay for their training which would save them time and money. Only those suitable for the job will get through to interviews. Asda need to ensure that their staff has a minimum C grade in maths and English at GCSE level. The employer can find this in the application form within the personal statement. From this stage, when accepted, suitable applicants make it to the interview stage where they are assessed on their interview skills, in the interview the interviewer may ask you about the...
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...P1 - Describe the recruitment documentation used in a selected organisation A broad, general, and written statement of a specific job, based on the findings of a job analysis. It generally includes duties, purpose, responsibilities, scope, and working conditions of a job along with the job's title, and the name or designation of the person to whom the employee reports. Job description usually forms the basis of job specification. For example the bookkeeper position creates financial transactions and creates financial reports from that information. The creation of financial transactions includes posting information to accounting journals or accounting software from such source documents as invoices to customers, cash receipts, and supplier invoices. The bookkeeper also reconciles accounts to ensure their accuracy. A job specification is a detailed description of the role, including all responsibilities, objectives, and requirements. A person specification is a profile of your ideal new employee, including skills, experience, and personality type. For example the bookkeeping specifications are: • Balancing accounts • Processing sales invoices, receipts and payments • Completing VAT returns • Preparing invoices for the Inland Revenue • Checking company bank statements • Repairing cash flow statements • Dealing with financial paperwork and filing The job or employment application is the official form that employers ask all applicants for a position to fill out...
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...Increasing Employability Through Higher Education In: Other Topics Increasing Employability Through Higher Education increasing employability through higher education...fact or fiction Introduction Whether you.re a recent graduate or are facing the prospects of looking for a job in the near future, there are many factors to consider before entering the job market. Knowing the kind of job you want, getting yourself prepared for the job market, and presenting yourself as a valuable asset would make it easier to obtain a position that will successfully meet the needs of both you and your employer. With globalization taking place and the employment equity act in force the job market has become rather competitive. Now, a person not only has to compete for a job with the different people from his own community or country but also with the people who emigrate from other countries. So what is it that will distinguish you from all your competitors? This literature review aims at exploring employability and focusing on the link between education and employability to determine whether employability can be increased through higher education. Defining employability A report carried out by Hillage and Pollard (1998) for the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) found that. . Employability is about having the ability to acquire initial employment, keeping employment and acquire new employment if required. . For an individual, employability depends upon: 1. Assets in terms of...
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...Turnitin Key Words ------------------------------------------------- Identify: Give a list of the main features ------------------------------------------------- Describe: Provide a detailed picture or image of something. Show all characteristics and all relevant features to give the reader a visual impression or account. ------------------------------------------------- Explain: Set out in detail the meaning of something with reasons. This is more than just describing so can often help by giving an example to show what you mean. ------------------------------------------------- Evaluate: Review all of the information and then bring it all together to form a conclusion. Give evidence for each of your views or statements. Functional skills links Tasks 1 and 4 will require you to use different reading strategies to find and obtain information and identify the main points and specific detail, in order to complete the task. To locate information you will need to use an index and then skim and scan to find the main points relevant Task 2 will require...
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...Advertising Management * Module – Employability for Marketing * Module Leader – Ruth Gosnay * Word count – Part A: 719 Part B: 781 * Date of submission – 12th March 2012 Contents Page Part A: Graduate Employability - Page 3-5 Part B: Reflective Essay - Page 6-8 References - Page 9 Graduate Employability In this assignment I am going to expand on the survey conducted by the Institute of Directors’ in 2007, which says: ‘90% of members believe the education system should do more to prepare students for the world of work.’ I chose to research this because I believe it is a high figure and really questions how much educational institutions enhance the employability of their students. Up until the late 1980’s/early 1990’s, most graduates that progressed from university found satisfactory employment within a short amount of time and were able to earn a sufficiently high income. At that time the preparation for employment often implied the knowledge and technical skills required for the occupation. The introduction of The Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 made changes to the funding of most higher education institutions which resulted in 35 polytechnics gaining university status. E.g. Leeds Met, Manchester Met. It was around the same time that the UK Government proposed universities should develop the core/transferable/generic skills needed for high-level employment – also known as Employability skills. Therefore higher education institutions...
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...Introduction In this task , I will write a brief report , assessing the importance of employability and personal skills in the recruitment and retention of staff in a selected organisation The importance for the organisation when people possess the necessary skills Employability skills The benefits of having employees with good employability skills would help the organisation become more successful. People who have past experience are essential towards the organisation where these would show them they are valuable employees. These skills would create awareness within the organisation where this consistently reveals how importance it is to have these skills; Beside that , from the benefit of this, the employees could get a promotion for a higher job role. Furthermore , , it would help to increase people commitment towards the business if they are enabling to study for qualifications where it would show determination and motivation of the workforce. . More importantly , the organisation has many choices to choose from where people with the right skills are more likely to get the job . The disadvantages of people who have employability skills to the organisation are, some employees do not have all the skills and the majority of people cannot do some of the extra task that are set for them. Moreover, not having good employability skills shows the employees are not capable to engage work fully (hard-working) where regardless of the job; the employees could have difficulties...
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...ARJ/ST 2007‐07‐09 1 Employability in working life: Graduates’ expectations and possibilities after graduation Airi Rovio‐Johansson and Stefan Tengblad Gothenburg Research Institute (GRI), School of Business. Economics and Law at Göteborg University Airi.Rovio‐Johansson@gri.gu.se Stefan Tengblad@gri.gu.se th Nordic Academy of Management Conference, Paper presented at the 19 August 9‐11, Bergen, Norway. Abstract The aim of the study is to investigate graduates’ strategies and attitudes towards employability and career development, and to construct a tentative model of employability by identifying inherent factors. Four theoretical perspectives have been used to discuss the concept employability and the empirical results, i.e., the Human capital theory perspective, Institutional theory perspective, Critical theory perspective, and Actor theory perspective. The research project takes its point of departure in changes of the European and the Swedish labour market during recent years and the ongoing restructuring of Higher Education in Europe. A fundamental principle underlying these movements is the formulation of “Employability” as a thesis that aims at making the European Union the most dynamic and productive Higher Education Area and labour market. A higher degree of “employability” is attainable if the relation between the employee and the employer depend more on market based contracts limited in time, and where the employees are willing to take a higher...
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... Student Number: W1332886 | Word Count: 1531 Executive Summary 2 Introduction 2 Graduate Labour Market2 Analysis of the current graduate labour market both general and specific 2 Analysis of the graduate labour market in general2 Analysis of employability of post-internship vs non-Internship Candidates2 Internships3 Identify skills, knowledge & aptitudes required from internships to enter the market 3 Analysis of a normal career path for a post internship candidate in your field 4 Identify the medium and long term prospects for employment post internship 4 Medium term prospects 4 Long term prospects 4 Identify the value of internship5 Conclusion5 Recommendations5 References6 1. Executive Summary In this report the key findings were that: The current graduate labour market both general and marketing has shown an increase in competition between graduates. The recession has caused less job opportunities and an increase of graduates has also made employers expect more from a graduate. Employers are looking for graduates with a specific set of skills, knowledge & aptitudes that they should of learnt from their internships to enter the job market. These are basic skills such as communication, interpersonal, time management… etc but employers expect them to be demonstrated when applying for a job. The medium and long term prospects for employment post internship is very good, students that undertake a internship whilst studying...
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