Investigating the employment gap: What employers want from engineering graduates

Ashley Ater Kranov; Kinda Khalaf

doi:10.1109/EDUCON.2016.7474708

Investigating the employment gap: What employers want from engineering graduates

Ashley Ater Kranov
, Kinda Khalaf

Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology

Global Professional Skills Assessment

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Abstract

A notable gap exists between the competencies that employers in the UAE want entry-level engineers to exhibit and the knowledge, skills and attitudes these fresh engineering graduates from UAE tertiary institutions are able to successfully demonstrate. Inadequate preparation of engineers in key competencies has been cited as one of the main threats to the sustainable development of the region. Misalignment between education and employers' needs was indicated as one of the main reasons behind the skills gaps. A multi-stage project has been launched to explore this misalignment. This paper focuses on Stage 1 of this multi-stage project: the scoping of the research design methodology for the analysis of job advertisements and an employer questionnaire, as well as the results from a preliminary content analysis of three job advertisements for entry-level engineers in the UAE.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2016
Subtitle of host publication	"Smart Education in Smart Cities"
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1198-1201
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467386333
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2016.7474708
State	Published - 19 May 2016
Event	2016 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2016 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Duration: 10 Apr 2016 → 13 Apr 2016

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Name	IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
Volume	10-13-April-2016
ISSN (Print)	2165-9559
ISSN (Electronic)	2165-9567

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Conference	2016 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2016
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Abu Dhabi
Period	10/04/16 → 13/04/16

UN SDGs

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

employability
fresh graduates
job advertisements
professional skills
transferable skills

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Kranov, A. A., & Khalaf, K. (2016). Investigating the employment gap: What employers want from engineering graduates. In Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2016: "Smart Education in Smart Cities" (pp. 1198-1201). Article 7474708 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 10-13-April-2016). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2016.7474708

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Investigating the employment gap: What employers want from engineering graduates. / Kranov, Ashley Ater; Khalaf, Kinda.
Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2016: "Smart Education in Smart Cities". IEEE Computer Society, 2016. p. 1198-1201 7474708 (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 10-13-April-2016).

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