Content analysis of vacancy advertisements for employability skills: Challenges and opportunities for informing curriculum development

Messum, Diana; Wilkes, Lesley M; Peters, Kathleen; Jackson, Debra

doi:10.21153/jtlge2016vol7no1art582

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“…Others have explored the relationship between posted qualifications and professional competencies or standards (Gold & Grotti, 2013;Hartnett, 2014;Henricks & Henricks-Lepp, 2014;Maciel, Kaspar, & vanDuinkerken, 2018). Additional studies have focused on assessing the professional skills required in postings for LIS program curriculum development (Messum, Wilkes, Peters, & Jackson, 2016;Wise, Henninger, & Kennan, 2011). However, such studies focus almost exclusively on positions requiring an MLIS degree, and very few explore or note aspects related to precarity in their analyses.…”

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Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Precarious Positions in Canadian Libraries: Statistical Analysis of a National Job Board

Henninger¹,

Brons²,

Riley³

et al. 2020

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Objective - To collect and share information about the prevalence of precarious work in libraries and the factors associated with it. Methods - The authors collected and coded job postings from a nationwide job board in Canada for two years. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to explore the extent of precarity and its relationship with job characteristics such as job type, institution type, education level, and minimum required experience. Results - The authors collected 1,968 postings, of which 842 (42.8%) were coded as precarious in some way. The most common types of precarious work were contracts (29.1% of all postings) and part-time work (22.7% of all postings). Contracts were most prevalent in and significantly associated with academic libraries and librarian positions, and they were most often one year in length. Both on-call and part-time work were most prevalent in school libraries and for library technicians and assistants, and they were significantly associated with all institution types either positively or negatively. Meanwhile, precarious positions overall were least prevalent in government and managerial positions. In terms of education, jobs requiring a secondary diploma or library technician diploma were most likely to be precarious, while positions requiring an MLIS were least likely. The mean minimum required experience was lower for all types of precarious positions than for stable positions, and the prevalence of precarity generally decreased as minimum required experience increased. Conclusion - The proportion of precarious positions advertised in Canada is substantial and seems to be growing over time. Based on these postings, employees with less experience, without advanced degrees, or in library technician and assistant roles are more likely to be precarious, while those with managerial positions, advanced degrees, or more experience, are less likely to be precarious. Variations in precarity based on factors such as job type, institution type, education level, and minimum required experience suggest that employees will experience precarity differently both within and across library systems.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Precarious Positions in Canadian Libraries: Statistical Analysis of a National Job Board

Henninger¹,

Brons²,

Riley³

et al. 2020

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“…By clearly specifying the coding and other procedures content analysis is replicable in the sense that other researchers could reproduce the study. Different studies using content analysis for analyzing job adverts (Ayalew, et al, 2011;Dunbar et al, 2016;Messum, et al, 2016) have indicated that content analysis helped to identify skills in demand at present and identify shifts in the patterns of skill demands over time.…”

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“…Therefore, the vocational education curriculum needs to be developed in order to anticipate the needs of job skills in the industry. The process of curriculum development can be informed by seeking the views of stakeholders, including employers, academics, students and recent graduates, about the skills, attributes and personal characteristics required by various professions (Messum, et al, 2016). Based on this view, this paper discusses the initial stages of curriculum development that is the job skill needs analysis required by the industry through the content analysis of job advertisements.…”

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Employability Skills for Entry Level Workers: A Content Analysis of Job Advertisements in Indonesia

Suarta¹,

Suwintana²,

Sudana³

et al. 2018

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The changing world of work is creating new challenges for employers and employees. Employers expect new workers to have a broader range of competencies and ability, strong job specific skills and employability skills. Workers entry skills that are demanded by employers may be influenced by many factors including nature of work and culture of society. The objectives of this study were to examine the labour market demand on skills as typically highlighted in job advertisements in Indonesia, and to develop a conceptual framework for employability skills. The research was conducted using content analysis method, a commonly used method in studies of job advertisements. The content analysis of job advertisements is used to identify a wide range of employability skills needed by today's labour market. The job advertisements were collected from major newspapers (published daily) that are circulated nationwide , during February to July 2017. There are 57 job advertisements analysed. In this research, employability skills framework refer to a set of generic skills and personal attributes. The research identified 272 key terms for employability skills requirements, consisting of 191 key terms for generic skill and 81 key terms for personal attributes. In most job advertisements, employers place highest value on employability skills and lowest value on academic qualifications. Communication skills, self management skills, teamwork skills, creativity and innovation skills, and problem-solving skills are the top five of the generic skills most frequently requested in the job advertisements. Personal attributes are personal characteristics based on behaviors and attitudes that can not be separated with generic skills, including: honesty, independence, accuracy, appearance, ethics and behaviors, openness, and other characters.

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“…Inclusion of soft skills in the curriculum has been shown to improve the chances of students being hired (Robles, 2012). To ensure that the curriculum remains relevant and conversant with the requirements of industry, higher educational institutions strive to identify the employability skills demanded by employers (Messum et al, 2016a). According to Seth and Seth's (2013) research, 85% of employers believe that the quality of the workforce can be improved by including employability skills in the curriculum.…”

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An exploration of global employability skills: a systematic research review

Sarfraz¹,

Rajendran²,

Hewege³

et al. 2018

IJWOE

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The purpose of this paper is to explore and categorise, through a systematic research review, the key employability skills identified by researchers across the globe. This paper also aims to identify any similarities and differences present in employability skills demand of different sectors of industry or parts of the world. For the purpose of this study, 43 studies conducted across 17 countries were included and a systematic research review protocol was applied to develop categories. A vote-counting technique was used for the purpose of data analysis. The results revealed a set of employability skills commonly reported worldwide as important by all studies included in the review. These skills were further re-grouped under ten different skill sets. The findings of this study point to several implications for educators, employers, graduates and policy makers.

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Content analysis of vacancy advertisements for employability skills: Challenges and opportunities for informing curriculum development

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Precarious Positions in Canadian Libraries: Statistical Analysis of a National Job Board

Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Precarious Positions in Canadian Libraries: Statistical Analysis of a National Job Board

Employability Skills for Entry Level Workers: A Content Analysis of Job Advertisements in Indonesia

An exploration of global employability skills: a systematic research review

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