Employer views on upper-secondary vocational graduate competences
Full-text available from the author. Please, contact Sami Löfgren by email. To become employed, upper-secondary vocational graduates need adequate competences that correspond with the needs of working life, particularly with the expectations of their potential employers. However, research on the nec...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/326221 2023-08-20T04:09:34+02:00 Employer views on upper-secondary vocational graduate competences Löfgren, Sami Ilomäki, Liisa Toom, Auli Department of Education The Centre for University Teaching and Learning (HYPE) Technology in Education Research Group 2021-02-09T12:35:01Z 26 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/326221 eng eng https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2019.1635633 Journal of Vocational Education and Training 1363-6820 Löfgren , S , Ilomäki , L & Toom , A 2020 , ' Employer views on upper-secondary vocational graduate competences ' , Journal of Vocational Education and Training , vol. 72 , no. 3 , pp. 435-460 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2019.1635633 PURE: 125332686 PURE UUID: b64b6c0a-ce0a-4bdb-a8bb-d8e8c080c933 WOS: 000475285800001 ORCID: /0000-0002-5429-7853/work/88675428 ORCID: /0000-0002-3261-3376/work/88679530 ORCID: /0000-0001-6630-2691/work/88679543 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/326221 openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ATTITUDES EDUCATION EMPLOYABILITY ESTEEM KNOWLEDGE SKILLS STUDENTS VET and the labour market Vocational education & training competence learning in life & work transitions policy issues 516 Educational sciences Article acceptedVersion 2021 ftunivhelsihelda https://doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2019.1635633 2023-07-28T06:29:24Z Full-text available from the author. Please, contact Sami Löfgren by email. To become employed, upper-secondary vocational graduates need adequate competences that correspond with the needs of working life, particularly with the expectations of their potential employers. However, research on the necessary competences of upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) students is limited. This study examined what competences technical-trade employers expect of initial vocational education (IVET) graduates, which competences stand out in recruitment and what kind of experiences the employers had on the competences of their recent apprentices and novice employees. The study was conducted in the metropolitan area of Southern Finland. Ten representatives of employers offering apprenticeships for technical-trade IVET students were interviewed. The data consisted of interview transcriptions that were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings indicate that graduates' motivational, attitudinal and social competences contribute to businesses' employment decisions but only when the graduates have shown potential for vocational development as well. The findings further suggest that when graduating, young people possess adequate competences to a varying degree and some of them are insufficiently prepared. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto Journal of Vocational Education & Training 72 3 435 460 |
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Full-text available from the author. Please, contact Sami Löfgren by email. To become employed, upper-secondary vocational graduates need adequate competences that correspond with the needs of working life, particularly with the expectations of their potential employers. However, research on the necessary competences of upper-secondary vocational education and training (VET) students is limited. This study examined what competences technical-trade employers expect of initial vocational education (IVET) graduates, which competences stand out in recruitment and what kind of experiences the employers had on the competences of their recent apprentices and novice employees. The study was conducted in the metropolitan area of Southern Finland. Ten representatives of employers offering apprenticeships for technical-trade IVET students were interviewed. The data consisted of interview transcriptions that were analysed using qualitative content analysis. The findings indicate that graduates' motivational, attitudinal and social competences contribute to businesses' employment decisions but only when the graduates have shown potential for vocational development as well. The findings further suggest that when graduating, young people possess adequate competences to a varying degree and some of them are insufficiently prepared. Peer reviewed |
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