Graduates’ Perspectives on Employability in Vietnam

Trần, Lý Thị; Ngo, Nga Thi Hang; Nguyen, Hoa Thi Mai; Lê, Trúc Thị Thanh

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-04144-0_6

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“…In the Vietnamese context, graduate abilities even fall short of expectations which might result in graduate skills gaps (Tran et al ., 2022). Skills gaps refer to the disparity between the skill level required to complete a task at work and the quality level attained by a current or upcoming employee (Jackson, 2010).…”

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“…When those students move from education to the workforce in the new normalcy after COVID-19, higher education institutions may have to resolve huge skills gaps in students due to unfavorable learning experiences. Graduate employability has never been more of a priority due to the existing labor market restrictions, which have been exacerbated by COVID-19 (Tran et al ., 2022). College students' employability and human capital are adversely affected by the assumption that work chances have declined as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak (Shiyuan et al ., 2022).…”

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Individual stories of agency: an exploratory study into the pandemic impact on students' employability skills

Nguyen

2023

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PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students' employability skills and give insights into preparation for future crises that may happen.Design/methodology/approachEmploying an interpretative phenomenological approach with the frame of social cognitive theory, the current study examined the changes in environmental, behavioral and personal elements of human functioning for employability skills being affected by the conditions during the pandemic.FindingsFindings based on ten in-depth semi-structured interviews with students at universities in Vietnam highlighted that the global pandemic performed as both challenge and an opportunity for employability skills development, yet the extent to which the students can benefit from the new studying conditions attributed to each individual's initiatives in taking advantages of resources and acting against difficulties.Originality/valueWhether the pandemic became a hindrance or a motivation for students' employability skills to develop and whether students effectively utilized an agency to overcome challenges and improved their skills after the pandemic have not yet been investigated. This study added to the body of literature regarding self-regulated learners by demonstrating agency in the learning process as well as how to manage careers and improve employability skills by making use of resources in disconnected settings.

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Section: Literature Review and Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%