Are Business Students Work-Ready?

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ARE BUSINESS STUDENTS WORK-READY
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Jackson, Denise. 2014. "Testing A Model Of Undergraduate Competence In Employability
Skills And Its Implications For Stakeholders". Journal of Education and Work 27
(2): 220-242. doi:10.1080/13639080.2012.718750.
The major purpose of this article is to show how a model of the capability of undergraduate skills
for employment is tested together with its effects among stakeholders. The author of this article
is of the view that, regardless of the recent advancement, employability techniques remain to be
strongly well-established in the global policy agenda within higher education. It is reported that
values of different standards of graduates in specified skills in present society are not meeting
expectations of the industry. The author was of the view that employability skills are essential in
the job market. However, skills that are expected by different corporations are not being attained
by the present graduates. Research was conducted by qualitative research method through
interview of respondents. In this examination, 1008 undergraduate from Business as well as Law
schools were participants that completed the online survey. This article used multiple regression
statistical models in analyzing the collected data. The findings of this study state that education
and different stakeholders around the global marketplace have the capacity of improving
employability capabilities among graduates to suit their desires. Some of the principal factors
that have been identified to influence employability in this article include gender, characteristics
of demographic, stage of degree, work experience, professional affiliation, and perception of
participants towards the significance of employability skills. The major limitation of study within
this article is that the examination used the idea of self-assessed rating in the process of gathering
data and the fact that there is no gauge to estimate skill outcomes. Besides, this article is
significant as it provides ideas on how employability skills of graduate are of importance in
performing a fundamental function.
Wilton, Nick. 2011. "Do Employability Skills Really Matter In The UK Graduate Labour
Market? The Case Of Business And Management Graduates". Work, Employment
And Society 25 (1): 85-100. doi:10.1177/0950017010389244.
The primary purpose of this critique is to give an answer to whether employability
abilities are of any importance in the graduate labor market within the UK. The author records
that two dominant rationales are being offered by policymakers in the UK for the major purpose