This paper will be discussed critically according on the need of employers on graduates employability skills. The emerging of new digital technologies tremendously leads a new way to doing a job. To cope with a need of client almost all jobs in all sectors looking for a new skills to retrain and reskilling their employees. Employers also seeking a fresh graduates whose are meets with their requirement. In current issues, almost all higher education providers doing a research and still explored a particular skills are need to provide to their students, which is meets with employers need. This paper will explain specifically about what are employers needed on graduate employability skills. This is preliminary research to looking a specific skill are very crucial and needed by the employers currently. Sixteen related to employers’ perception toward trait of employability skills in digital era being analysis. According to this analysis, have four main skills are need by an employers, there are basic academic skills, high order thinking skills, technical skills and, employability skills. Through literature review analysis from this study, it’s found 29 attributes must be concentrates to gains employability skills among graduates at higher education institutions. Communication skills is a first priority are concern by employers when they looking at new workers. The second employability skill preferred by employers is problem solving skills and the third priority is critical thinking skills. By validating the construct of employability skills, this study is aimed at providing a general guide to researchers and scholars who would like to embark on similar employability skills studies. The findings also aim provides the holistic view of current trend of global employability skills needed by the graduates which match with the requirement of the industries. Thus, it will minimize the gap between employability skills offered by graduates and the required skills expected by employers in industry.
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21 July 2021
PROCEEDINGS OF 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED MATERIALS ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (ICAMET 2020)
26–27 November 2020
Langkawi, Malaysia
Research Article|
July 21 2021
Employability skills: What do employers need?
Khairul Azhar Mat Daud;
Khairul Azhar Mat Daud
a)
1
Faculty of Creative Technology and Heritage, Creative, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
, Bachok Kelantan, Malaysia
a)Corresponding author: azhar.md@umk.edu.my
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Nik Zulkarnaen Khidzir;
Nik Zulkarnaen Khidzir
b)
1
Faculty of Creative Technology and Heritage, Creative, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
, Bachok Kelantan, Malaysia
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Balakrishnan Parasuraman;
Balakrishnan Parasuraman
c)
2
Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
, Bachok, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Ena Bhattacharyya;
Ena Bhattacharyya
d)
3
Management Humanities Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
, Sri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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K. S. Savita;
K. S. Savita
e)
4
Computer and Information Sciences Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
, Sri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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Pasupuleti Visweswara Rao;
Pasupuleti Visweswara Rao
f)
5
Faculty Of Medicine And Health Science, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
, Sabah, Malaysia
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Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran;
Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran
g)
6
Faculty of Earth Science, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
, Bachok, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Nik Muhammad Sabri Nik Hassan;
Nik Muhammad Sabri Nik Hassan
h)
1
Faculty of Creative Technology and Heritage, Creative, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
, Bachok Kelantan, Malaysia
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Rahimah Aris
Rahimah Aris
i)
3
Management Humanities Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
, Sri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
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AIP Conf. Proc. 2347, 020032 (2021)
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Khairul Azhar Mat Daud, Nik Zulkarnaen Khidzir, Balakrishnan Parasuraman, Ena Bhattacharyya, K. S. Savita, Pasupuleti Visweswara Rao, Jayaraj Vijaya Kumaran, Nik Muhammad Sabri Nik Hassan, Rahimah Aris; Employability skills: What do employers need?. AIP Conf. Proc. 21 July 2021; 2347 (1): 020032. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0052149
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