What do employers really want?: helping vocational learners crack the code

In the majority of vocational qualifications, assessment of competence incorporates a structured work placement (SWP). Increasingly, host employers are using these placements as part of recruitment strategies, particularly for entry level roles. In effect, the placement is becoming the new 'interview', and the new interview is morphing into an extended audition where a learner's non-technical, 'employability' skills may play a critical role. But do learners know what their host employers are really looking for, and to what extent are their training programs helping them to develop and demonstra... Show more

Authors: Perkins, Kate

Published: Camberwell, Australia, Australian Council for Educational Research, 2017

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 50 p.

Access item: https://research.acer.edu.au/transitions_misc/36/

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