Student Employment Research Articles

The Use and influence of Learning Analytics in Higher Educational Institutions: A Mediation Model of Student Attainment between Student Retention and Student Employability.

Purpose: The goals of this article are to (1) identify factors influencing Learning Analytics in Bengaluru HEIs and (2) examine the mediating role of Student Attainment in the relationship between Student Retention and Student Employability in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach – This research assembles and synthesizes data on the application of learning analytics. Learning analytics is the subject of empirical studies, including Public and private higher education institutions in Bengaluru were each sent one of 485 questionnaires. In total, 450 Chancellery, Dean, HOD, and Directors participated and completed the survey. Thirteen questionnaires were eliminated from the analysis because of missing data or outliers discovered during the data screening process. We could sift through 437 surveys, making up the final sample. The study runs SEM analysis using the maximum likelihood method to test the causal relationship between learning analytics factors. The impact of retention as the independent variable (exogenous) on student employability as the dependent variable (endogenous) was tested along with attainment as a mediator between these two variables. Findings: Evidence demonstrates how learning analytics may assist educational institutions in making better use of data for decision-making. The findings revealed that retention significantly indirectly affects Employability through Attainment. Attainment is significantly mediating between Retention and Employability. Since both standardized direct and indirect paths have a p-value below 0.05, thus, it is confirmed that attainment partially mediates the relationship between Retention and Employability of the students. Originality/value: The current study has explored retention, attainment, and employability as the critical factors that must be considered before applying Learning Analytics in Higher Educational Institutions. The research results confirmed that students' employability is significantly influenced by retention and attainment. Educational institutions and academics, particularly those working in open and distance settings, should use the study's findings to stay abreast of this developing subject and provide the groundwork for further research.

A Questionnaire-based Research and Analysis Report on the Demand and Status of Language Services in the Energy and Power Industry in Hebei Province

This report analyzes the demand for language service professionals in Hebei’s energy and power industry from three key perspectives: enterprise requirements, translation education, and student employment planning. The 45 valid questionnaires cover four key aspects related to enterprises including the business scope, international business activity, language service team building and employment requirements. Despite the energy and power industry in Hebei Province have made significant strides in international collaboration, there is a gap between professional training and industry requirements. Enterprises demand language service personnel to maintain proficiency in terminology, have industry knowledge, master technical competence, and own international communication skills that most translation students lack. It can be seen that there are issues with the alignment between educational content and the actual need of enterprises. In addition, the results from teachers’ survey identified challenges in terms of aspects of teaching methods, curriculum setting, and the cooperation with enterprises. The report thus recommends to enhance the professional skills and industry knowledge of energy and power language services of translation students through various measures, including establishing professional knowledge bases and terminology bases of energy and power, designing relevant courses and practical projects, and strengthening school-enterprise cooperation. By performing these practices, it could better adapt to the future energy and power industry market demand. Furthermore, this report emphasizes that the education system needs to better adapt to the development of the industry, especially in the cultivation of interdisciplinary language service capabilities, and strengthen cooperation with energy and power companies to jointly develop language service talent training programs that meet the specific needs of the industry.

Scaling Oral Assessment Authentically

The rise of AI and related threats to academic integrity in a post-pandemic academic environment where most assessments are not invigilated forces universities to revisit the question of how to conduct safe and fair assessments (Dawson, 2022). As invigilated exams and online proctoring have fallen out of favour with university administrators due to cost, space or privacy concerns, oral assessments have found renewed interest (Newell, 2023). These are effective in measuring students' knowledge whilst verifying that the responses truly belong to the student (Joughin, 1998). Though there are many established variations of oral assessment, from viva voce thesis defence to interactive orals (as widely conducted in Law and Medicine), they usually emphasise authentic live interaction between student and assessor. However, the sheer scale of some undergraduate programs (as common in Business Schools) along with the integrated nature of business curriculum requiring marking expertise from different graders makes truly interactive oral exams unfeasible. As a response, a large first-year undergraduate Business course (with student enrolments of between 500-1200 per term) at a G08 institution implemented an authentic recorded oral assessment, which mimics job interview practice. Students were recorded for a set time period while they responded to questions verbally with the resulting video and transcripts being later marked. We utilised an asynchronous, remotely invigilated oral assessment (Baird et al., 2022) for the final exam to improve academic integrity and to further embed transferable skills that is industry relevant whilst increasing student employability. The new assessment format was named ‘Live Recorded Video Exam (LRVE)’. The invigilation process for this exam was conducted on a one-on-one basis where one invigilator checked each student in their groupings. The invigilators were provided with a procedural checklist to follow to be consistent within all the groups. The process involved the invigilator calling the student into a Microsoft Teams channel, verifying the student’s identity, checking their immediate surroundings, sharing the screen of the device that the student was using, providing a password verbally for the student to access the exam questions and then to start the recording for invigilation purposes. Once the recording commenced, the invigilator would leave the meeting room and allow the student to complete the exam independently by articulating their responses. The graders had access to both the video recording as well as the captioned transcript to mark the exam and check for any student misconduct. Students were informed about the exam format through different channels from the teaching team as well as innovative student-led initiatives. They were given various opportunities to prepare throughout the term within established class structures and practice mock sessions. Out of 542 exams, none were reported for violations of academic integrity and the rate of special consideration applications was lower. This is, in part, due to potential problems being rectified during the student check-in process. Surveys conducted after the exam showed the LRVE format was well-received by markers and student representatives in part because of its flexibility, offering a complement to traditional viva voce models and demonstrating its scalability.

Current Situation and Countermeasures of Art Education Program in Universities

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the current situation of the university art education program in China, and puts forward corresponding countermeasures and suggestions for the existing problems. Through investigation and research, it is found that there are certain problems in the university art education program in terms of educational philosophy, curriculum, faculty, teaching resources and student employment. In order to realize the sustainable development of art education majors, this paper puts forward countermeasures such as updating the educational philosophy, optimizing the curriculum, strengthening the construction of faculty, increasing the input of teaching resources, and paying attention to student employment. This paper aims to provide reference and reference for the development of China's university art education majors in order to promote the reform and innovation of art education majors.

The Relationship Between the Psychological Contract and Job Satisfaction of Beginning College Student Employees

In the context of the rapidly evolving economic landscape, the relationship between the psychological contracts of newly-graduated entry-level employees and their job satisfaction has emerged as a pivotal research topic within the realm of organizational management. The psychological contract, an informal and subjective promise of employment relations, directly influences employees' attitudes and performance. Various types of psychological contracts, such as transactional, relational, and developmental, to some extent, impact employees' job satisfaction. By effectively managing psychological contracts, enterprises can enhance employees' job satisfaction, thereby achieving a win-win situation. This article elucidates the impact mechanism of psychological contracts on job satisfaction and proposes a series of measures to improve the job satisfaction of newly-graduated entry-level employees. These measures include establishing a robust psychological contract, providing systematic introductory training, fostering a supportive work environment, implementing fair performance management, and promoting teamwork and social interaction.

Employment Problems of Graduates of Chinese-foreign Cooperative Education Programs and Policy Suggestions

The purpose of this study is to analyze the causes of the employment status of graduates of Chinese-foreign cooperative universities and give countermeasure suggestions. With the acceleration of the internationalization of higher education, the development of Sino-foreign cooperative education is deepening in China, and it has also won the favor of many middle-class families because of its unique system of schooling that integrates the advantages of domestic and foreign bilateral education and enhances the employment competitiveness of graduates. However, in 2020, the international challenges of anti-globalization, the impact of major emergency health incidents and the slowdown of the domestic economic development and the structural adjustment of the industry have seriously disrupted the pace of employment of graduates of Chinese-foreign cooperative education and increased the difficulty of employment of graduates of Chinese-foreign cooperative education, which has aroused widespread concern and discussion. This study adopts the method of literature review to explore the specific impact of the education policy of Sino-foreign cooperative education on the career choice and employment pace of college students, which helps to deeply understand the role of the policy of Sino-foreign cooperative education in the career development of college students as well as the attitude of college students towards the phenomenon of slow employment and provides policy makers with suggestions on optimizing the policy of Sino-foreign cooperative education to promote the employment of college students, and at the same time provides important references to the higher education managers to cope with the problem of slow employment of graduates of Sino-foreign cooperative education.

The Role of 3D Printing Technology Education and Practice Courses in Talent Training and Employment Guidance in Vocational Colleges

3D printing technology, that is, additive manufacturing technology, is a multi-disciplinary technology, involving mechanical engineering, materials science, architecture, product design and other disciplines. Vocational colleges as an important position to train high-skill talents, its educational goal is not only to teach students theoretical knowledge, but also pay more attention to training students’ practical ability and professional quality. In this context, incorporating 3D printing technology into the curriculum system of vocational colleges can not only improve students’ technical skills but also lay a solid foundation for their employment and career development. This paper will discuss the important role of 3D printing technology education and practical courses in the talent training and employment guidance of vocational colleges, with special emphasis on the positive role of the integration of industry and education and school-enterprise cooperation in promoting the employment of vocational college students, as well as the influence of enterprises on the empowerment of schools.

Research on the impact of WTO trade policy review mechanism (TPRM) on the employability of Chinese college students during the economic structural transformation of its member countries

The WTO TPRM is a very important machinery where the WTO members submit for evaluation their trade policies and structures as well as their economic reforms. This research used secondary evidence from employment reports, government statistics and various industry research and employed expert policy and economic opinion. It analyses employment rates prior to and after the implementation of the “mass entrepreneurship and mass innovation” policy and the policy of integrated enterprise-school and university-enterprise. In total, the general sample consists of 500 students half of whom are male and the other half are female. The employment rates stands at an average of 78% among the students. In terms of the standard deviation, the figure is equal to 9.3% which he described as moderate variability of employment outcomes. . Similarly the analysis reveals a positive relationship between GPA, entrepreneurial intention and participation in vocational programs on employability ( p < 0. 001). The coefficient for entrepreneurial intention is especially significant (β = 0. 38), which means that students, who had entrepreneurial intentions, are more likely to be employed. Employment prospects for college students were found to be especially enhanced through adoption of the above policies showing a very strong implication of education and training to economic needs especially during structural change. This study has implication for policy formation and course offering for higher institutions of learning to enhance the employment status of graduates in the current world economy.

An Equation Model on the Professional Knowledge and Confidence for Future Employment of Students in Programs Supported With Emerging Technologies

Students enrolled in interdisciplinary programs supported with modern information technologies may face more challenges in learning, because they must learn from at least two curricula, including courses of big data, new media technologies and intelligent platform use, etc. Taking students in these programs as an example, this study aims to investigate relationships among eight variables related to student career development. The research employed the quantitative method of Pearson bivariate analysis, ANOVA and Hayes (2017) regression procedure to test the direct and indirect relationship among variables. The researcher developed a moderated mediation model visualizing the relationship between professional knowledge and confidence for successful employment. Recommendations of early intervention targeting first-year students and different curriculum designing were proposed to facilitate planning in the acquisition of professional knowledge and the establishment of career goals, aiming to enhance the career development and success of tertiary vocational college students.

Exploration of Entrepreneurship Education Model and Practice in Five-Year Integrated Vocational Education Stage

Against the backdrop of the “20 Articles of Vocational Education,” how to promote high-quality vocational development, build a comprehensive, adaptive, and targeted entrepreneurship education model, promote student employment and entrepreneurship, and improve the quality of talent cultivation has become an important issue in the talent cultivation of five-year vocational colleges. This article takes students in the five-year integrated vocational education stage as the research object, starting from the development of the industrial economy, talent employment competitiveness, and students’ innovation ability, to expound on the practical significance of entrepreneurship education. Combining top-level design, curriculum setting, faculty strength, and practical bases, it analyzes the problems existing in and explores the entrepreneurship education model and practical strategies in the five-year integrated vocational education stage from four aspects: transforming vocational education concepts, classifying and constructing curriculum systems, attaching importance to the construction of entrepreneurial and entrepreneurial faculty, and relying on multi-party collaborative platforms.

Curriculum approaches to strengthening student employability and improving graduate outcomes in the STM disciplines

ABSTRACT In Australia and elsewhere, curriculum improvements are needed to improve the development of Science, Technology and Mathematics (STM) graduates for future work and careers. Several studies document significant STM student attrition, poor graduate preparedness for work, relatively weak employment rates post-graduation, and mismatched expectations of graduate capabilities by employers. The inclusion of work-integrated learning (WIL) activities within curricula can better prepare students for relevant employment by bridging discipline-specific teaching with work practices. Traditionally, access to WIL has been limited for STM Bachelor students and a better understanding of WIL’s benefits and impact is needed to refine and extend STM WIL curricula for different disciplines and cohorts. Through the lens of personal capital resources, this article reports on the perspectives of 34,000 recent Bachelor graduates of Australian STM degrees on their participation in WIL and its impact on their perceived employability and transition to work. Findings indicated differences in engagement in WIL across STM disciplines and underrepresented student groups, yet consistent benefits of WIL on preparedness for work and graduate employment. The study provides valuable insights on gaps in WIL provision and potential ways to improve WIL offerings that support the development of future-capable STM graduates with positive labour market experiences.

Empirical Study on the Influence of Internet Use on the Employability of Local College Students

Based on the data of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2020, this paper analyzes the impact of Internet use on the employability of local college students through OLS and logit regression models. The study found that the Internet has become an important tool for local college students to improve their employability. Students who actively participate in online learning, use career recruitment platforms and social media to expand career networks in local colleges and universities show stronger competitiveness in terms of professional skills, comprehensive quality and job search skills. The importance of Internet use to work, learning and information channels has a significant impact on the employability of local college students, and has a significant moderating effect. Through heterogeneity analysis, it is found that the impact of Internet use on the employability of local college students in eastern China is significantly higher than that in central and western China : the employability of college students with urban household registration is higher than that of local college students with rural household registration, and the employability of female local college students is lower than that of male local college students. Therefore, this study suggests that local colleges and universities should further guide students to make rational use of Internet resources and strengthen network literacy education, so as to better adapt to the employment market demand and promote high-quality employment of graduates.

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Objectives The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of major satisfaction and boundary-less career attitude of college students majoring in physical education on career elasticity, suggest measures to promote employment of college students majoring in physical education, and provide basic data necessary for employment guidance for college students majoring in physical education. It is in Methods 450 students from the sports departments of three universities located in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province were selected and sampled using the convenience extraction method, and 427 questionnaires were used for the final analysis. Descriptive statistical analysis, frequency analysis, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis were conducted using the Windows SPSS Ver 22.0 statistical program. Results First, positive and negative correlations were found between the major satisfaction perceived by college students majoring in physical education, their boundaryless career attitude, and career elasticity. Second, it was found that college students majoring in physical education had a positive effect on perceived major satisfaction and a negative effect on major dissatisfaction. Third, the borderless career attitude perceived by college students majoring in physical education was found to have a positive effect on the sub-factors of career elasticity. Conclusions If we can increase the level of major satisfaction and boundary-less career attitude of college students majoring in physical education, it is believed that this can increase the career elasticity necessary to promote employment of college students majoring in physical education, and it can be useful for leaders in guiding college students majoring in physical education toward employment. You will be able to use it.

Strategies for Improving the Employment Ability of Vocational and Technical College College Students under the Background of School Enterprise Cooperation

School enterprise cooperation has a significant positive impact on students' knowledge application ability, skill mastery level and professional quality, which can indirectly promote the improvement of students' employment ability. This paper puts forward the strategies for improving the employability of Vocational and Technical College College Students under the school enterprise cooperation mode, including four aspects: the design of customized courses, the strengthening of practical teaching links, the optimization of the structure of teachers and the construction of continuous feedback and adjustment mechanism, so as to improve the employability of Vocational and technical college college students.

Perceived employability of international doctoral students in the UK: applying Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory

ABSTRACT The quality of the UK’s doctorate training system plays a fundamental role in fostering vibrant research outputs and attracting global talent. However, while maintaining a consistently high standard of quality remains static and challenging, little is known about how the employability of international doctorate students is shaped and at what juncture it is opportune to support their employability during their research studies. This paper aims to understand the employability of international doctoral students within business schools at British universities, drawing on Urie Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory as a framework. The qualitative study involves 15 international doctoral students from 9 business schools. The findings uncover various environmental systems impacting their employability. In addition, this study theoretically extends employability research by applying Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory to provide a multi-layered understanding of international doctorate employability, offering a novel framework for targeted career support interventions. Further, the implications highlight the urgent need for tailored support to build industrial connections, promote departmental collaboration to scaffold a dynamic research environment, proffer multiple resource channels, and create employment opportunities both inside and outside of the university.

A study on the impact of career planning on employability among college students in Hebei Province, China

With the deepening of educational reform in China, higher education has shifted from elite education to mass education, that leading to an annual increase in the number of graduates. However, many college students lack the corresponding competitiveness in the job market. Therefore, enhancing the employability of college students to increase competitiveness has become crucial. Drawing on the Career EDGE employability model as the theoretical framework, this study explores the impact of career planning on employability among college students, with learning attitude as a mediating variable. Through convenient sampling of college students in Hebei Province, China, 430 valid questionnaires were used to empirically test the theoretical hypothesis model. The results indicate that career planning has a direct impact on employability, and learning attitude also has a direct impact on employability. After incorporating learning attitude as a mediating variable, it was found to partially mediate the relationship between career planning and employability.

Building employability in PASS leaders through peer-assisted study sessions (PASS) programs

PurposeThe peer-assisted study sessions program (PASS) – variously known as supplemental instruction, peer mentoring and peer-assisted learning – is regarded as a global phenomenon in academic support interventions and has well established presence in higher education. The purpose of this study was to add to the body of knowledge of how PASS may add value to the employability of the student leaders, in relation to the CareerEDGE model.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative research was based on interviews from a sample of 18 former PASS leaders who have since obtained employment.FindingsFindings demonstrate that being a PASS leader enhanced many of their competencies as defined by CareerEDGE model, for example subject related knowledge, interpersonal skills and some generic skills. However, many of the reported competency enhancements led to unexpected future career advancement.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the body of knowledge relating to how PASS may add value to the employability of student leaders in relation to the CareerEDGE model using a sample of leaders who have already graduated and have obtained employment. Limitations of this study include: lack of generalisability of small geographically isolated sample; coding and analsysis not comparing findings from different demographic groups; only explores individual perceptions and relies on self-reported data.Practical implicationsThe results of this study have implications for the development of future PASS programs and other similar academic support interventions. Given the global prevalence of such programs in higher education institutions, this research may have wide-scale transferability. Insights from this paper will allow future PASS leaders to proactively reflect and evaluate their experience and increase their confidence in pursuing their employment opportunities.Originality/valueWhile there is much understanding on the role that PASS has in improving students grades and in improving retention rates, less is known about the value of this experience on improving student employability, and little attempt has been made in examining this within relevant employability models post-employment.

A cut above the rest? The value of post-mortem examinations in undergraduate forensic science education

Very few people have the opportunity to witness a post-mortem first-hand in a mortuary environment. These spaces are typically reserved for those in the medical profession, including doctors in training. However, students enrolled on other programmes may go on to future careers that involve interacting with deceased individuals. Forensic Science graduates, for example, may enter professional roles that require the recovery, sampling, analysis and/or identification of the dead. In only a small number of cases will forensic students have had the opportunity to attend a post-mortem in person. In this article, we explore the value of incorporating post-mortem visits on undergraduate forensic science degrees from an academic (KS) and a student (FS) perspective. As part of this research, we obtained supplementary feedback from students who had also attended a post-mortem as part of their undergraduate degree at the University of Staffordshire. This research shows that while there can be logistical challenges when arranging post-mortem visits, students find the experience to be incredibly valuable, allowing them to improve their own personal and professional practice, and learn about up-to-date methods and processes used by practitioners. It could be argued that these visits are invaluable as they facilitate observational learning, especially the practical application of theoretical knowledge and understanding of post-mortems and the identification process, which in turn improves the employability of students.

Design and Implementation of the Employment Management Decision Support System based on Machine Learning

To address the challenges of current college student employment management, this study designed and implemented a machine learning-based decision support system for college student employment management. The system collects and analyzes multidimensional data, uses machine learning algorithms for prediction and matching, provides personalized employment guidance for students, and provides decision support for universities and enterprises. The research results indicate that the system can effectively improve the efficiency and accuracy of employment guidance, promote school-enterprise cooperation, and achieve a win-win situation for all parties.

The Role of the Writing Centre in Enhancing Student Employability a Case Study of a University in South Africa

In the quest of bridging the high graduate unemployment gap of South African graduates, universities introduced initiatives which sought to assist graduates gain the necessary working experience. South African graduates struggle to find sufficient employment due to lack of work experience. The peer-to-peer coaching led by senior students, who are postgraduate students, leads to the enhancement of graduate employability. Therefore, this paper sought to investigate the contribution of the writing centre in increasing the chances of employment for its consultants. In light of this, literature was consulted to reveal the role of the writing centre in promoting student employment. Unstructured interviews were conducted on fifteen (15) participants, who were identified through convenient sampling technique. Thematic analysis was adopted to analyse the collected data. The paper found that the programme equips students to be familiar with the working environment. The study further revealed that the writing centre office is under-capacitated financially. The study thus proposed that the programme must be financially supported by the university, Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and other external stakeholders to continue capacitating the development of students. The study, therefore, concluded that the writing centre office effectively promotes student employability and increases the working experience of writing centre consultants.