Analysis of Graduate Skills and Employability

Running Head: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
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Detailed analysis of literature reveals a big mismatch between competencies required at
the time of graduation as well as those needed for entering the industry. Clarke (2018),
investigated the limit up to which the students pursuing graduation expects to inherit skills as
well as abilities throughout the tenure of their higher education is actually convergent with the
requirements of the employees. It has been revealed that the graduates as well as the employers
have similar expectations from the higher education Institutions; however the level of emphasis
regarding various aspects from the two ends always very. Researchers like Kalfa and Taksa
(2015), had explode the gap between competencies acquired by the evaluators during graduation
as well as those needed by the organisations like interpersonal, project management skills as well
as presentation skills comma differ from the skill that is acquired by the candidates during the
time of graduation in Australian graduation Schools. Osmani et al. (2015), identified the
competencies that the labour market expects the university graduates to have and it reveals that
there might be mismatch existing between the graduate Expectations as well as the expectation
of the employers. Analysing the above findings which can be highlighted that the competencies
which is mostly valued by the employers and it is expected from their end that these
competencies will be present among the graduates are quite specific to the knowledge regarding
technical field as well as high end interpersonal skills.
Analysis of empirical literature also reveals that the employees put high emphasis on graduate
skills during the process of selection and gives much lesser importance as well as attention to
their graduation degrees. Jackson (2016) initiated a study for identification of the aspects which
influences employability of the graduates from various Australian universities. Seventeen
employability factors Where are identified by them which were plastid into five major composite
categories. The analysis conducted during their study reveals that the biggest Emphasis is

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provided by employers on acquiring soft skills and least importance is attached by them on the
academic reputation. Hill and Walkington (2016), analysed the significance of University
degrees from the perspective of employers in Australia, mapping the relation that is anticipated
to exist between factors of the education of graduates as well as the qualities which the labour
market seeks for among the graduates. The same researchers identify that irrespective of the
process of selection that is used by various companies for assessment of the candidates before
employment, data regarding the applicants is also extracted in terms of their educational
experience, expertise in the field of Technology as well as personal motivation and personality
culture that day has attained during the years of they attainment of University education. Few
studies conducted by Jackson and Michelson (2015), also reveals that Peer assessment enables
the graduate with the required set of skills that are needed for attainment of jobs in future. A
study conducted by Rowe and Zegwaard (2017), in this context shows the potential possessed by
peer assessment as a strategy which helps in developing employability skills. The study found
that the students showed positive attitude towards Peer assessment, however they also exhibited
concerns regarding their personal capability of conducting assessment of the peers as well as
seemed nervous regarding taking responsibility associated with proper assessment of the peers
based on which they will gain employment in the reputed companies of Australia. Similarly, a
study conducted by the same researches observed the significance of Peer assessment as well as
self assessment for improvement of written skills of communication in case of the accountancy
students in the various Australian universities. This analysis revealed a significantly positive
attitude regarding the ability of students in terms of applying assessment standards for analysing
grammatical, presentation, structural as well as component skills in terms of written
communication analysis, that also from a completely peerperspective.