TITLE:
Employability Skills as Perceived by Employers and University Faculty in the Fields of Human Resource Development (HRD) for Entry Level Graduate Jobs
AUTHORS:
Bassou El Mansour, Jason C. Dean
KEYWORDS:
Employability Skills, Human Resource Development, Soft Skills, Hard Skills
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies,
Vol.4 No.1,
March
30,
2016
ABSTRACT: The world of employment has changed dramatically, technology is impacting practices and experiences,
and societies are becoming more global and multicultural. With the rise of globalization,
employability is becoming one of the main goals for education systems. Today’s employers require
employees to have soft or non-technical skills in addition to technical skills. The purpose of the
study was to explore employability skills as perceived by employers and university faculty of human
resource development (HRD) and management for entry level graduate jobs. As a result of
this research, types of employability skills may be identified which are common among the faculty
of HRD programs and employers of HRD graduates both in the U.S. and internationally. To evaluate
the interrelationships between the variables of interest among employees and faculty members,
both in the U.S. and internationally, one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was utilized. The
overall results of this study indicate that with the exception of communication skills and the use of
technology, there is a significant relationship between 16 of the 18 variables investigated and the
type of respondents.