2018
DOI: 10.15394/jaaer.2018.1738
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Meeting Real World Demands of the Global Economy: An Employer's Perspective

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“…Table 4 shows a comparison of skills by the HR hiring managers for the manufacturing industry and a previous study of Airline, Aerospace and Defense (A and D) HR professionals industry who employed 432 STEM students in STEM positions (McGunagle and Zizka, 2018). The A and D HR professionals reported the highest-ranking job skills as problem-…”
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“…Table 4 shows a comparison of skills by the HR hiring managers for the manufacturing industry and a previous study of Airline, Aerospace and Defense (A and D) HR professionals industry who employed 432 STEM students in STEM positions (McGunagle and Zizka, 2018). The A and D HR professionals reported the highest-ranking job skills as problem-…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The essential STEM competencies were established in previous research by McGunagle (2016), and their importance was supported in further research by McGunagle and Zizka (2018). Ratings were made on a five-point Likert scale (1 5 not important; 2 5 somewhat important; 3 5 moderately important; 4 5 highly important; 5 5 extremely important), participants were asked to evaluate the job performance skills relevant to the manufacturing industry.…”
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“…There are pedagogical advantages to incorporating oral presentation assignments into a course curriculum: it reinforces students’ research skills, challenges them to better organize information and articulate their learning, encourages them to explore their creativity, helps them learn through peer presentations, promotes retention of knowledge, and even enhances their postgraduation employability ( 1 , 2 ). Undeniably, creating and delivering a clear and effective oral presentation is considered a highly desirable workplace skill, especially in STEM ( 3 ). The most common format we faculty use is for each student, or each group of students, to deliver a 10- to 15-minute PowerPoint presentation.…”
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confidence: 99%