Perception of students on employability skill for their successful career
Abstract
Employability skill, even though has become an important issue in higher education
worldwide, in Vietnam it has been emerging only in the last few years. The study’s purposes
are to analyze how students shape their perceptions about successful career that are necessary
for their future careers.
Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate which successful career are mastered
by Master of Business Adminstration (MBA) students from 4 universities: International
University – Vietnam National University (IU), Banking University in Hochiminh city
(BUH), Open University (OUH), Hochiminh city University of Technology (HUTEC) and
which is estimated most important in working environment.
To achieve this purpose, the study measured the perception of business students about which
skills they are good at; which are essential for future success in the work place and the extent
to which skills should be integrated in the curriculum.
The population for this study consisted of 350 post graduate business students from 4
different batches. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, EFA, Regression,
ANOVA and T-test.
The research shows that 4 most important dimension in measuring the perception of
successful career are related directly to academic issues:
• Students: Basic skills (4th Ranking), Personal skills (1st Ranking), Personal Qualities
(2nd Ranking) , Thinking skills (3rd Ranking) .
Keywords: successful career, quality, perception, basic, people, personal qualities, thinking,
model, perceive