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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Transactions ID Number: 29-695
Full Name: Azami Zaharim
Position: Associate Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Center for Engineering Education Research, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
Country: MALAYSIA
Tel: 60389216843
Tel prefix: 60389216681
Fax: 60389216960
E-mail address: azaminelli@gmail.com
Other E-mails: azami@eng.ukm.my
Title of the Paper: Employers Perception towards Engineering Employability Skills In Asia
Authors as they appear in the Paper: Azami Zaharim,Yuzainee Md Yusoff, Mohd Zaidi Omar, Azah Mohamed, Norhamidi Muhammad, Ramli Mustapha
Email addresses of all the authors: azami@ vlsi.eng.ukm.my , yuzainee@uniten.edu.my, zaidi@eng.ukm.my, azah@eng.ukm.my, hamidi@eng.ukm.my, ramlee@ukm.my
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: Employers nowadays place main concern on and give emphasis to employability skills in potential engineers which caused a significant increase in unemployment among engineering graduates in Malaysia. There are several discussions and studies on "What types of skills and abilities are needed in the workplace?" How the government and higher education overcomes this rising phenomenon? This study attempts to look into engineering employability skills that have been required for their new engineers by other countries in Asia such as Malaysia, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. This paper will put forward a list comprised of the essential skills needed by these four countries, and compare the existing similarities and differences of these enlisted skills. Information was gathered from articles, journals, papers and reports. The findings indicate that these countries have published reports on the necessary frameworks of employability skills to prepare engineering graduates fo!
r the employment today and in the future. Overall, the studies suggest that the engineering graduates should acquire a set of generic skills such as communication skills, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
Keywords: Engineering, graduates, employers, employability and generic skills.
EXTENSION of the file: .doc
Special (Invited) Session: Engineering Employability Skills Required By Employers In Asia
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