Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case

In an era of globalization and competitiveness, employers are looking for versatile graduates who are able to drive their organizations to compete successfully in the market. Now-a-days, obtaining a good degree is no longer sufficient for getting a job. Graduates should equip themselves, not only wi...

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Main Authors:	Islam, Rafikul, Abdul Hamid, Mohd Shukri, Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	HF5001 Business. Business Administration
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/1/Rafikul_Malaysia.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/2/Egypt_conf_participation.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/6/Proceedings.pdf

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spelling	iium-286802017-08-01T08:19:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/ Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case Islam, Rafikul Abdul Hamid, Mohd Shukri Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah HF5001 Business. Business Administration In an era of globalization and competitiveness, employers are looking for versatile graduates who are able to drive their organizations to compete successfully in the market. Now-a-days, obtaining a good degree is no longer sufficient for getting a job. Graduates should equip themselves, not only with technical skills, but more importantly with soft skills. The main objectives of this study are to identify Malaysian graduates’ employability skills, to identify the priority of each skill and to highlight the gap between the importance of graduates’ employability skills to employers and their satisfaction on that skill. In general, the results of the gap analysis showed that employers perceive graduates’ employability skills performance as being lower than the importance assigned to those skills. The widest gap was found in communication skills, especially the skill of the English language usage. Using the Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA), 13 attributes fell into the improvement quadrant (concentrated here). This means that improvement efforts and corrective actions must be taken to improve employers’ overall satisfaction. 2013-01-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/1/Rafikul_Malaysia.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/2/Egypt_conf_participation.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/28680/6/Proceedings.pdf Islam, Rafikul and Abdul Hamid, Mohd Shukri and Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah (2013) Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case. In: Academy of International Business (MENA) : Third Annual Conference 2013, 12-14 January, 2013, Cairo, Egypt. http://aib.uowdubai.ac.ae/details.php?sec=5,3
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description	In an era of globalization and competitiveness, employers are looking for versatile graduates who are able to drive their organizations to compete successfully in the market. Now-a-days, obtaining a good degree is no longer sufficient for getting a job. Graduates should equip themselves, not only with technical skills, but more importantly with soft skills. The main objectives of this study are to identify Malaysian graduates’ employability skills, to identify the priority of each skill and to highlight the gap between the importance of graduates’ employability skills to employers and their satisfaction on that skill. In general, the results of the gap analysis showed that employers perceive graduates’ employability skills performance as being lower than the importance assigned to those skills. The widest gap was found in communication skills, especially the skill of the English language usage. Using the Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA), 13 attributes fell into the improvement quadrant (concentrated here). This means that improvement efforts and corrective actions must be taken to improve employers’ overall satisfaction.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Islam, Rafikul Abdul Hamid, Mohd Shukri Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
author_facet	Islam, Rafikul Abdul Hamid, Mohd Shukri Abd. Manaf, Noor Hazilah
author_sort	Islam, Rafikul
title	Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case
title_short	Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case
title_full	Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case
title_fullStr	Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case
title_full_unstemmed	Enhancing graduates’employability skills: A Malaysian case
title_sort	enhancing graduates’employability skills: a malaysian case
publishDate	2013
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