Employers’ expectations regarding competences of graduates of economics

Monika Katarzyna Jakubiak

Abstract


Modern economy requires graduates to possess particular competences, not only those associated with knowledge and skills emerging from the particular course of studies. The subject matter of the present paper contributes to the discussion on shaping university graduates’ vocational competences. The objective of the study was to identify expectations of employers who employ graduates of fiance and accounting studies with regard to their finess for employment. The analysis encompassed required competences and areas defied by employers as additional qualifiations. As the results of the study, the practical recommendations for students of economics were formulated.


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employers’ expectations; graduates’ competences; graduates of economics

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/h.2017.51.3.39
Date of publication: 2017-11-19 20:59:19
Date of submission: 2017-06-17 14:06:31


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