Soft Skills Perceived by Students and Employers as Relevant Employability Skills

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dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Ann-Marie Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-19T08:03:04Z
dc.date.available2021-05-19T08:03:04Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionLocal employers believe the lack of prerequisite soft skills is inhibiting the graduates from a local community college from securing employment. The rationale of this phenomenological study was to investigate the perceptions of students and employers related to the soft skills needed to be successful in future employment. The theoretical framework was based on Mezirow's transformational and Daloz's mentorship theories. Individual face-to-face, semistructured interviews were used to gather data from 12 business and computer students and 7 employers (N=19) who were selected using purposeful random sampling. The typewritten transcripts of participants' responses were imported in MAXQDA 11, then were open coded and analyzed for emergent themes. According to emergent findings among these 19 participants, for entry-level jobs, communication was the most important and the most lacking soft skill. The recommendations informed the creation of a mandatory 3-day professional development training program, which was developed to help students enhance their soft skills before entering their future careers. This study directly affects positive social change by enhancing the quality of soft skills for future employees who enter the local work force.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://libcatalog.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1775
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScholarWorksen_US
dc.subjectcommunity college education,en_US
dc.subjectEmployability Skills,en_US
dc.subjectMentorship Theory,en_US
dc.subjectnontechnical skills,en_US
dc.subjectSoft Skills,en_US
dc.subjectTransformational Theory,en_US
dc.subjectAdult and Continuing Education Administration,en_US
dc.subjectAdult and Continuing Education and Teaching,en_US
dc.subjectCommunity College Education Administration,en_US
dc.subjectCommunity College Leadership,en_US
dc.subjectHigher Education Administration,en_US
dc.subjectHigher Education and Teaching,en_US
dc.titleSoft Skills Perceived by Students and Employers as Relevant Employability Skillsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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Local employers believe the lack of prerequisite soft skills is inhibiting the graduates from a local community college from securing employment. The rationale of this phenomenological study was to investigate the perceptions of students and employers related to the soft skills needed to be successful in future employment. The theoretical framework was based on Mezirow's transformational and Daloz's mentorship theories. Individual face-to-face, semistructured interviews were used to gather data from 12 business and computer students and 7 employers (N=19) who were selected using purposeful random sampling. The typewritten transcripts of participants' responses were imported in MAXQDA 11, then were open coded and analyzed for emergent themes. According to emergent findings among these 19 participants, for entry-level jobs, communication was the most important and the most lacking soft skill. The recommendations informed the creation of a mandatory 3-day professional development training program, which was developed to help students enhance their soft skills before entering their future careers. This study directly affects positive social change by enhancing the quality of soft skills for future employees who enter the local work force.
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