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ERIC Number: ED579311
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Dec
Pages: 8
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Dimensions of Self-Perceived Employability in First Year IT Students
Antonio, Amy; Tuffley, David
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Educational Technologies (5th, Sydney, Australia, Dec 11-13, 2017)
Undergraduate students entering university arrive with certain expectations as to how their degree program will equip them to enter the world of work. Students are aware of the competitive nature of the modern day labor market and, as seen in this study, there is a majority belief that their program of choice and the good reputation of the university will give them an advantage in increasingly competitive labor markets. This competition and the relentless trend of automation are placing downward pressure on the numbers of otherwise employable graduates. In this study, we use an established research instrument (Rothwell et al, 2008) to examine the expectations and self-perceptions of undergraduate students, considering dimensions of self-perceived employability in a cohort of 300 Information Technology (IT) students (136 responses) at a multi-campus, metropolitan university. We then contrast these results with the perceptions held by university students across multiple domains and professions. The results indicate that the IT students perceive themselves to be more employable relative to other professions. [For the complete proceedings, see ED579282.]
International Association for the Development of the Information Society. e-mail: secretariat@iadis.org; Web site: http://www.iadisportal.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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