Arbeitsmarkt Informationswirtschaft (The labour market of the information sector)

"The information sector is understood as the entire branch of information system services and the corresponding company-internal function in business enterprises and authorities. There are no figures available on the volume of the information sector labour market. Experts' estimations were gathered both from western German managers in industrial enterprises (N = 2,016) and from German information system specialists (N = 352) as to the present and expected medium-term employment prospects of this 'occupation of the future'. According to the estimations of the industrial managers, on the whole graduates in information systems technology do not currently have good job prospects in German industry. In the medium-term, however, the employment prospects increase rapidly in the secondary sector. The present labour market situation is judged more positively by information system specialists employed in industry than it is by the managers interviewed. In the medium term the judgments are similar. Businesses in the service sector already have a high need for graduates in information systems technology. In the medium term the situation on the labour market for information systems graduates will improve by far according to the estimations of the information system specialists. An overproportionally high demand for graduates in information systems technology is signalised in the tertiary sector. Very small service enterprises (1-19 employees) have an extremely high demand for information systems graduates." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))Informationswirt, Informationsberufe, Berufsprobleme, Arbeitsmarktchancen, Informationswirtschaft, Wirtschaftszweige

Qualities of Malaysian accounting graduates and their job performance from the perspective of employers

Research findings suggest that graduates lack various qualities that are important in today’s job market. These include knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics that might directly influence their job performance. This phenomenon is not only common in developed countries, but also in developing countries like Malaysia. In Malaysia, for example, graduates from local universities and colleges are struggling for employment due to lack of essential skills. It is due to the lack of studies involving the qualities of accounting graduates in Malaysia that this study was carried out to fill this gap. The main objective of this study was to determine the level of Malaysian accounting graduates’ qualities from the perspective of employers and the effect on their job performance. Graduates’ qualities were measured using knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics. 325 employers from auditing firms in Malaysia were selected as the respondents in this study. Data was managed and analyzed using SPSS version 18.0. The results indicate that the majority of the respondents strongly perceived that certain qualities should be given high priority in the accounting curriculum. This study provides evidence that accountants and employers perceived alike on fundamental qualities that must be incorporated in the curriculum such as financial accounting, managerial accounting and auditing/assurance services, global/international business, taxation, accounting application system, written and oral communication skills, applying analytical techniques, critical thinking, assertiveness, flexibility, self-confidence and decisiveness. The findings also suggest that there were significant relationships between accounting graduates’ qualities and their job performance. It was found that accounting graduates’ qualities which contribute more than three-quarters to their job performance, become the most important predictor. This study suggests that the higher the qualities of the accounting graduates, the greater their performance in the workplace. The findings of this study hope to shed important information on accounting graduates’ employability issues and ways to perhaps improve the situation in the future

The future of careers at the intersection of climate change and public health : what can job postings and an employer survey tell us?

Climate change is acknowledged to be a major risk to public health. Skills and competencies related to climate change are becoming a part of the curriculum at schools of public health and are now a competency required by schools in Europe and Australia. However, it is unclear whether graduates of public health programs focusing on climate change are in demand in the current job market. The authors analyzed current job postings, 16 years worth of job postings on a public health job board, and survey responses from prospective employers. The current job market appears small but there is evidence from job postings that it may be growing, and 91.7% of survey respondents believe the need for public health professionals with training in climate change may grow in the next 5–10 years. Current employers value skills/competencies such as the knowledge of climate mitigation/adaptation, climate-health justice, direct/indirect and downstream effects of climate on health, health impact assessment, risk assessment, pollution-health consequences and causes, Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, communication/writing, finance/economics, policy analysis, systems thinking, and interdisciplinary understanding. Ensuring that competencies align with current and future needs is a key aspect of curriculum development. At the same time, we recognize that while we attempt to predict future workforce needs with historical data or surveys, the disruptive reality created by climate change cannot be modeled from prior trends, and we must therefore adopt new paradigms of education for the emerging future

Factors Affecting Academic Performance of University Students: A Study Among the Students of MBSTU

The students’ academic performance (CGPA) plays an important role in producing the best quality graduates as well as the country’s economic and social development. So, for the sustainable economic and social development of a country, it is essential to produce the best quality graduates who will lead the country in near future. Normally, the quality of a student is represented by academic performance which is determined by Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Basically, the study is conducted with the objective of investigating the factors affecting academic performance at undergraduate level in Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University. This paper aims to identify the most important and significant factors. There are many factors that contribute to determine whether the CGPA is excellent, moderate or low. Simple Random Sampling has been used to collect data. A sample of 250 undergraduate students’ information was taken. Among the respondents in that sample size, male students are 130 and female 120. Findings shows that family responsibility, average study hour per day before exam or during preparatory leave (PL) have positive impact and positive association with CGPA. On the contrary, spending more time on tuition or part time job have a negative impact on CGPA. Dissatisfaction on studying subject, current education system and job market have significant impact on CGPA which is negative. Job related preparation alongside academic study has a negative impact on CGPA. One thing we have noticed that students who are not satisfied with their studying subject and dissatisfied about the current education system and job market in Bangladesh; their CGPA is lower than those who are satisfied. Keywords: Academic Performance, CGPA, Correlation, Part time job, Regression model, Study hour, internet using DOI: 10.7176/JESD/11-20-03 Publication date:October 31st 202

Skill Mismatch and Mobility of Youth in Labor Market

This study focuses on skill mismatch and mobility of youth in labor market. This reviews determinants and wage effect based on degree field-job choices of the employed youth. Also, this study analyzes the trend and wage levels in transfer of workplace and change of career. This study is composed of two empirical analysis. One is the effect of the consistency in the degree field and the job on future career path and whether the maintenance of this consistency is related to the wage. The other topic is to analyze the formation of career path and the mobility of workplace after entering to the labor market. Policy implication and empirical analysis result can be summarized into three categories. First, it is hard to see that employment stability is finding its place since graduates entails change in career. Colleges and poly-tech colleges graduates especially reflects this clear trend and transfer of job is highly not to lead to the growth and improvement of career. Therefore, to increase the vocational quality of high-quality personnel graduating from colleges and poly-tech colleges, government and companies shall retain more aggressive attitude for reviewing the system. Second, it has been identified that the nature of first job and the employment period significantly effects the job choice made afterwards, career development and wage. This shows that the institutional and policy support is important in the process of finding the first job. Notification of the employment rate of graduates that has currently been executed shall be expanded per degree-field and region. Also, information regarding the business, industry and employment condition shall be accumulated. Third, career change negatively affects the wage when transferring job but in case of being promoted, transferring to a bigger firm career change positively affects the wage. The more one has career change and the more one has experience different jobs, that factor positively affects the wage. This implies that career accumulation during the youth will significantly give an effect during adulthood, when the wage practically starts to increase. Therefore, policy approach of government's youth unemployment shall focus more on the long-term solution rather than on the short-term or specific newly graduates. Besides from a policy perspective, college education that enables the accumulation of expertise in vocation and universities shall enhance the quality of degree-field education so as to support labor transition to field related jobs. More cautious approach is required for multi field, which is currently expanding. Also, diverse information shall be provided regarding employment and job

Minimizing Competition? Entry-level Compensation in Japanese Firms

This is the first empirical study of the determinants of pay for entry-level jobs among Japanese firms. Pay data of 1,382 companies obtained from the Nikkei survey was matched with company size, performance, industry, and foreign ownership data from Toyo Keizai’s Japan Company Handbook. We found that unlike the results based on U.S. data, company size is not related to entry-level pay. Firm performance is positively related, but its effect is minimal. Industry membership and foreign ownership are positively related. We believe that these findings highlight the influence of the Japanese employment context and information sharing in Japan. Implications for research and practice are discussed

Educational Policies for Integrating College Competencies and Workforce Needs

Explores the challenges of workforce development for a global economy in Brazil, Mongolia, Ukraine, and the United States, with a focus on basic skills development, internships, and the role of stakeholders. Recommends policy and curriculum changes

The relationship between Higher Education and labour market in Greece : the weakest link?

The high level of graduate unemployment, even though it is acknowledged as one of the most distinctive characteristics of the Greek labour market, it has not attracted enough attention in the academic literature. This paper utilizes micro-data from the Labour Force Survey in order to investigate how the employment situation of young (aged 35 and below) graduates varies across fields of study. The findings suggest that graduates of disciplines that have high levels of private sector employment, such as Polytechnics and Computer Science, are in general better off in the Greek labour market. On the other hand, graduates of disciplines that are traditionally related to the needs of the public sector, such as Sociology and Humanities, face poor employment prospects. The findings of this study highlight the need for drastic reforms of the Higher Education system

A comparative analysis of graduate employment prospects in European labour markets:a study of graduate recruitment in four countries

The aim of this paper is to provide a comparative analysis of higher education and the graduate labour markets in selected European countries (France, Germany, Spain and United Kingdom) in the context of the expectations of graduates and prospective employers, and respective recruitment and selection practices. Expectations of graduating students from a number of European collaborating universities are sought and analysed in order to find out about a match between the knowledge and skills of graduates and the needs of European employers. The study examines the process of graduate recruitment, employee and employer expectations, and the role of higher education institutions in meeting such expectations. Primary data was gathered from 252 employers and 485 final year (graduating) students through the use of questionnaires. The analysis of the data collected has revealed different approaches to but similar methods of graduate recruitment between the four countries. Despite the current differences in higher education systems and labour market trends, the expectations of employers and graduating students are more similar than different. It is concluded that EU graduates will have good employment prospects in an integrated labour market