HWCLSP1171 – Working Integrated Learning: Certificate – Boston City Campus Higher education institutions are responsible for producing graduates who have the right attributes required for the workplace. As such, they find themselves under pressure

Higher education institutions are responsible for producing graduates who have the right attributes required for the workplace. As such, they find themselves under pressure to produce graduates who are not only employable, but who meet employer requirements.

In essay format, you are required to:
• Discuss the different forms of generic, transferable or core attributes needed to address the skills gap that currently exists in your industry or sector of work.
• Discuss how the abovementioned will help / assist with employer satisfaction and enhance graduate employability. 40 marks)

NOTE:
• You have been provided with two (2) academic sources (see below), which are compulsory and must be consulted and referenced when answering the research question.

• Compulsory source:

Journal Article: Sabinet
H.J, Brits. 2018. Assessing employer satisfaction: An attempt to enhance graduate employability at an institution of higher learning. South African Journal of Higher Education, 32(5): 39 – 53. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-117d4613a0 [Accessed 18 May 2022].

Journal Article: Sabinet
Roodt, R. 2005. Self–employment and the required skills. Management Dynamics, 14(1): 18 – 33. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC69699 [Accessed 17 May 2022].