Do the skills sought or by employers in the field of education match the skills that graduates consider most important?
Abstract
An enormous change has occurred in the professional world of learning. In order to develop a knowledge-based economy, awareness has been given not only to hard but also to soft skills. Nowadays employers consider soft skills a very important attribute in job applicants. It is known that employers seek strong soft skills, as well as hard skills in their new employees. But do students have this awareness? The main goal of this research was to establish which skills are more sought for by employers and if they match the skills that students ending their degree consider most important when applying for a job. In the present study we focused on education graduates and employers in the field of education. In the research, we used the mixed qualitative-quantitative methodology. After analysing the data, we were able to conclude that both employers and employees' perspectives considering the importance of soft and hard skills tend to match.
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