The Importance of Work-Readiness Skills for Business Graduates

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Jackson, Denise. 2014. “Testing a model of undergraduate competence in employability
skills and its implications for stakeholder.” Journal of Education and Work 27 (2): 220-
242.
The ongoing article examines the validations that whether the business students are
work ready. The present article by the authors is based on investigating the skills, behaviours
and knowledge that graduates typically require to develop for their first job as graduate
(Jackson 2016). The aim of the research was to understand whether the business graduates
are having the job-readiness. Jackson, Denise (2014) have felt that business students have
strong communications skills developed from university but also believed that the real
experience of finishing the tasks at the workplace under the profession environment is the
only manner to understand truly and implement them. The research was conducted based on
the quantitative methods with total respondents of 25 students. The research instrument that
was adopted by the researcher was based on the interviews. The weakness of the research that
was identified was the lack of quantitative data from the survey.
The author Associate Professor Denise Jackson is the work-Integrated learning
coordinator at the school of business and law. The author is the National Board Member and
WA state chair for Australian collaborative education network.
Wilton, Nick 2011 Do employability skills really matter in UK graduate labour market?
The case of business and management graduates. Work, Employment & Society 25 (1):
85-100:
In this article according to Wilton, Nick (2011) it is not always considered as constant
with the work-readiness skills. The purpose of the article was to understand whether the
graduates are having the work ready. While the formal educations provide the business
students with the confidence of knowing what they are capable of learning it more specific

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skills and knowledge however it does not directly educate the business students with the
skills. Certainly there are certain particular way of doing things and communicating in the
recruitment that might be applicable in this sector however these otherwise taken for granted
everyday jobs are correspondingly implemented in wide range of organizations. Receiving
the positive feedback is regarded as the opportunity for education for the graduates and
illustrates the manner in which a university imparts educations.
The participants of the research were the academics comprising of the lecturers and
professors. The research conducted by Wilton, Nick (2011) suggest that there are some
business graduates that find hard to speak up if they are struggling with the work. The
research instrument that was adopted by the researcher was based on the observations of
study pattern in Universities.
University learnings might be able to lend support towards work readiness for the
business students through job-based training and experience. This can lead to a positive
prospect for the business students and helps in supporting them during their transition from
work to employment. The article identified that internships can be regarded as the better tool
for creating workforce however adequate, better quality opportunities may not be readily
available and several students would want or required to work in part-time straight across
their degree programme.
Nick Wilton is the Associate Head of the Department for Business and Management
and Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Department at the Bristol Business Schol, University
of West England in Bristol.