Determining What Employers Really Want: Conducting Regional Stakeholder Focus Groups.

Kretovics, Mark A.; McCambridge, James A.

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ERIC Number: EJ566049

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Publication Date: 1998

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Determining What Employers Really Want: Conducting Regional Stakeholder Focus Groups.

Kretovics, Mark A.; McCambridge, James A.

Journal of Career Planning & Employment, v58 n2 p25-27,30 Win 1998

Explains how personnel at the College of Business and at the Career Center at Colorado State University utilized focus groups to discover the skills that regional employers seek in new hires. Results show that the 21 employer-representative participants look for technical skills, communication skills, and personality characteristics/attributes. (MKA)

Descriptors: Career Centers, College Students, Employer Attitudes, Employers, Employment Qualifications, Focus Groups, Higher Education, Job Skills, Personnel Selection

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Colorado

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