Soft Skills for Sustainable Employment: Does it really Matter?

Nusrat, Mansura

doi:10.31142/ijmei/v4i7.03

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“…Skill development and creation of employment opportunities are key factors for addressing sustainable employment [69]. Evidence from contemporary literature suggests that Soft Skill Attributes contribute to the sustainable employment of the business graduates significantly [70]. Furtherance by higher education institutions of measures in line with labor market demands enables students to acquire skills and capacities that prepare them for working life and enhance their employability, in line with what was expressed by Laguna-Sánchez et al [71].…”

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Collaborative Learning Communities for Sustainable Employment through Visual Tools

2020

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Higher education institutions must enable students to acquire skills and capacities that prepare them for working life and enhance their employability. This will lead to an applied learning- and teaching-enhancement-oriented sustainable Higher Education System. This research aims to contribute to that goal by analyzing student interactions in a collaborative learning community. It assesses the impact of visual tools on academic performance and student satisfaction in employment-focused blended studies, in which enrollees were geographically dispersed undergraduates with a diversity of profiles. A financial studies learning community was created to test students’ interactions in a model conducive to participation as visual content creators and users. Three surveys (pre-project, appraisal of classmates’ visual exercises, and post-project) were conducted to assess project impact. First, we used a univariate approach, focused on students’ characteristics, course and project appraisals, and the effects of the project on academic performance and expectations. Secondly, a bivariate approach was conducted to detect relationships between respondents’ appraisals and personal characteristics and to determine whether their mean scores were the same irrespective of such characteristics. The findings showed that: (1) Students’ preferences concur with those of their employers; (2) participation in innovative initiatives improves students’ perception of course procedures; (3) visual tools have a positive impact on learning, in terms of both academic performance and student satisfaction. The study concludes by providing support for educational institutions´ decision-making around courses and the overall curricula by defining the factors determining academic performance and student satisfaction.

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Collaborative Learning Communities for Sustainable Employment through Visual Tools

2020

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“…Malaysian data suggests that graduates lack the language and communication abilities required for effective professional communication. According to Nusrat (2018), poor communication skills are one of the leading contributors to graduate unemployment. Prospective employers discovered during job interviews that Malaysian graduates, despite being well-trained in their fields of specialisation, lacked the communication skills necessary to transmit their knowledge and promote themselves (Ahmad et al, 2021;Morsidi et al, 2021;Salleh et al, 2021 ).…”

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Is There a Balance between Causes of Fear and Use of Communication Strategies?

Ngah¹,

Safian²,

Hussain³

et al. 2022

IJARBSS

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Students' oral presenting skills can be significantly enhanced through the use of communication strategies. Nonetheless, some students struggle to communicate in English due to their lack of proficiency. This is primarily because they lack effective communication techniques. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the communication strategies performed by students during oral presentations and the factors that contribute to their fear of oral presentations. For a more in-depth data analysis, this study utilised a quantitative survey comprising two sections. Respondents to this survey comprised a total of 131 students from a Malaysian public university. The collected results indicate that respondents utilise message reduction, orientation, and non-verbal methods the most, and that they are influenced by a number of internal and external factors that contribute to their dread of oral presentation. It has been demonstrated that the employment of oral communication strategies is beneficial in assisting students to overcome their fear of oral presentation.

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“…In this globalization era, the lack of communication skills caused the problem of employability [26][27][28]. Five out of hundreds of graduates' candidates passed the interview for employment due to lacking in communication skills [16].…”

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WhatsApp and Its Potential to Develop Communication Skills among University Students

Morsidi

Samah

Rahman

et al. 2021

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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Excellent communication skills among graduates are very crucial for their future and career development. WhatsApp application is seen to have the potential to develop these skills since it has robust functions and features, easy to use, and free. However, there are still issues in implementing this application as a tool in developing communication skills by utilizing this application for educational purposes among UTM students. Hence, this study was aiming to investigate the level of WhatsApp usage in education, the level of communication skills by utilizing WhatsApp for educational purposes among students, and their correlations. Student’s perception of using WhatsApp in education was also investigated. This study was based on quantitative research conducted using a survey design, where online questionnaires were distributed randomly among 400 UTM students based on simple random method. Findings showed that there is a high level of WhatsApp usage in education among UTM students and also a high level of communication skills by utilizing this application for educational purposes among UTM students. It was supported by a strong positive linear correlation that existed between these two variables. Students also showed positive perceptions of utilizing WhatsApp in education to develop their communication skills. Therefore, lecturers and students are encouraged to utilize WhatsApp application in education as it can help in fortifying communication skills among students who later become competent graduates that can meet the demand from the industries.

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Soft Skills for Sustainable Employment: Does it really Matter?

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Collaborative Learning Communities for Sustainable Employment through Visual Tools

Collaborative Learning Communities for Sustainable Employment through Visual Tools

Is There a Balance between Causes of Fear and Use of Communication Strategies?

WhatsApp and Its Potential to Develop Communication Skills among University Students

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