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Employability skills for the future: project final report

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Council of Australia undertook this research project to provide the Department of Education, Science and Training with a detailed understanding of the employability skills needs of industry. This report provides a consolidation of research with small, medium and large-sized enterprises during 2001.

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Abstract There has been broad agreement that all young people need a set of skills that will prepare them for both employment and further learning.  Employers are looking for these skills in people, whether they are prospective or existing employees.  The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Business Council of Australia have undertaken research to provide the Department of Education, Science and Training with a detailed understanding of the employability skills needs of industry.  This project has sought the views of employers with regard to the set of employability skills relevant to Australian industry for the future.  The project has identified those key generic employability skills that enterprises argue individuals should have along with the job-specific or relevant technical skills.  The project also identified the ongoing relevance of the Mayer Key Competencies but confirmed that employers now required a set of personal attributes in all employees and a set of additional skills.  These additions are seen as essential by the enterprises participating in the research.  Finally, the project has identified an Employability Skills Framework that can contribute to the thinking and curriculum development of the Australian education and training system.  This Framework reflects the personal attributes and employability skills needs of enterprises seeking to grow and compete in an era of globalisation, and includes: communication skills; teamwork skills; problem-solving skills; initiative and enterprise skills; planning and organising skills; self management skills; learning skills and technology skills.
Author(s) Department of Education, Science and Training
Publication Details
Type : Reports
Published : 3/2002

Topics Covered
Sectors :
Career development
School education
Training & skills
Detailed :
Apprenticeships and vocational education
Adult and lifelong learning
Curriculum issues
Workplace and employers

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Full report : download PDF  PDF Document  (2.8 MB, 74 pages)

Split files:

Executive summary and recommendations : download PDF  PDF Document  (759.9 KB, 18 pages)

Introduction, Chapters 1-9 : download PDF  PDF Document  (656.0 KB, 56 pages)

The project also produced three supporting research documents:

Literature Review : download PDF  PDF Document  (974.2 KB, 106 pages)

Case studies : download PDF  PDF Document  (566.8 KB, 62 pages)

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Research : download PDF  PDF Document  (551.3 KB, 37 pages)

 

 

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