The question of university graduates' employability: are the students aware of the employers' preferences

Basil, Pambas Tandika; Ndijuye, Laurent Gabriel

doi:10.1108/heswbl-05-2021-0101

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“…Graduates exert personal efforts to seek and make jobs for their daily survival after school. Although various employability studies present similar findings, the focus has been on graduates' lack of preparation and skills to get employment (Shimba, 2018;Tandika & Ndijuye, 2021). The current findings earmark community support initiatives to supplement graduates' skills' which has been claimed by various studies as mismatching with labour market demands.…”

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Analysis of the Role of Community Actors towards Self-Employment Support for Higher Education Graduates in Tanzania

Keha Kuko,

Msuya

2024

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The study aimed to explore the community perceptions about higher education graduates’ employability and community support practices towards graduates’ access to self-employment. A sample of 314 community participants using systematic random sampling was used to select participants for the study. The sample involved staff from the selected divisions and departments at the district councils, wards, villages and local street government offices. The other sample was employees from selected community based organisations located in respective study regions and districts. The study used an explanatory mixed design where quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed sequentially. The results showed that,146(46.5%) of community participants perceived higher education graduates’ participation in self-employment as poor, while only 80(25.5%) perceived it as good. Further, 223(71.0%) of the studied community organs had no specific support services for graduates, 63(20.1) percent offered them for sometimes, and 28 (8.9%) said they had specific services. Results also showed that, out of the six examined factors; support from family, friends, and relatives 154(49.0%) and hard work 135(43.0%) were rated as most contributing factors to graduates’ access to self-employment. The interview results showed that, negative graduates’ and lack of specific support schemes highly contributed to low graduates’ participation in self-employment. The study concludes that, the community support for enhancing higher education graduates’ access to self-employment is poor and disorganized. Deliberate actions were recommended for the policy makers to encourage the Tanzania communities towards support for graduates’ access to self-employment

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Section: Community Awareness About the State Of Higher Education Grad...supporting

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Analysis of the Role of Community Actors towards Self-Employment Support for Higher Education Graduates in Tanzania

Keha Kuko,

Msuya

2024

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“…Obviously, this evaluation method is quite arbitrary and one-sided. This is also the main reason for the current phenomenon where college students have high scores but low ability [20] . Although some college students have consistently performed well during their studies, they could have achieved better results in the recruitment tests, resulting in missed employment opportunities.…”

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Exploration of the Relationship Between the Quality of Higher Education and the Employability of College Students

Tian

2023

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With the continuous expansion of the enrolment scale in universities in China, the number of graduates has rapidly increased, which has brought certain difficulties to the employment of college students. In order to ensure smooth employment, college students need to have strong employability. There is a close relationship between the quality of higher education and the employability of college students. Universities need to improve the employment rate of college students by ensuring the quality of education. The problems in higher education and the relationship between education quality and college students’ employability are discussed in this paper, and effective strategies for improving the education quality and college students’ employability are proposed. This study will likely contribute to the employment of college students.

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“…One of such assumptions is that highly qualified personnel should play a fundamental role [22]. This explains the growth of the employee's educational level [29,30]. Therefore, in the digital economy, it is education and the lifelong educational process of a person that acquires particular importance.…”

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The impact of the digital economy on employment and labour market transformations: The main trends

Ignatieva

Saraeva

Zedgenizova

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This article aims to identify the main transformations in the system of social and labor relations caused by the digital economy formation. At the preparatory stage of the study, the authors conducted a consistent review of scientific literature on the problem of transformation of social and labor relations in digital economy. The main part of the study was devoted to an expert survey in which thirty-two experts were interviewed and online discussions were conducted. The experts were chosen according to their professional experience. The heads and HR directors of IT businesses were a part of the expert group. Expert interviews made it possible to identify the key characteristics of the modern labor market and its developments in the context of the development of the digital economy. The authors highlight key findings from the study, such as how human values and motivations for work have changed, how employee management has changed, how social and labor interactions are intertwined, and how organizations have changed from vertical to horizontal management structures. The study’s findings enable us to draw the conclusion that the transformation of social and labor relations necessitates new approaches for managing human resource and taking into account the worker as the key player in the technological process.

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The question of university graduates' employability: are the students aware of the employers' preferences

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Analysis of the Role of Community Actors towards Self-Employment Support for Higher Education Graduates in Tanzania

Analysis of the Role of Community Actors towards Self-Employment Support for Higher Education Graduates in Tanzania

Exploration of the Relationship Between the Quality of Higher Education and the Employability of College Students

The impact of the digital economy on employment and labour market transformations: The main trends

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