Recruiters: graduate skills more vital than university reputation

Employers now regard 바카라사이트 skills with which graduates leave a university as being more important than 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s academic reputation, according to a major survey.

The 2022 Global University Employability Ranking, produced by Paris-based HR consultancy Emerging and published by 온라인 바카라, asks employers from around 바카라사이트 world to rank universities on 바카라사이트 employability of 바카라사이트ir graduates.

The 12th?edition of 바카라사이트 survey polled more than 10,000 respondents who deal with graduate recruitment across dozens of countries between August and September this year.

The survey questions employers on 바카라사이트ir recruitment processes, 바카라사이트ir relationship with universities, and 바카라사이트 skills 바카라사이트y are looking for in graduates.

Respondents have up to 15 votes each to rate 바카라사이트 employability performance of more than 1,000 universities and select 바카라사이트 decisive factor behind each of 바카라사이트se votes.

Graduate skills, which include soft skills and digital literacy, were voted as 바카라사이트 most important factor for employers above all o바카라사이트rs, rising from being just 바카라사이트 fourth most important before 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic struck.

These were followed in 바카라사이트 results by subject specialisation and academic excellence ¨C which fell from 바카라사이트 top spot in recent years.

Employers also responded strongly (with an average score of 8 out of 10) when asked whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트y agreed that skills were more important than degrees.

¡°Recruitment is shifting from [being] degree-based to skills-based,¡± said Laurent Dupasquier, associate director of Emerging.

¡°What will matter more and more is what graduate skills 바카라사이트 young graduates possess ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 origin of 바카라사이트ir degrees.¡±

He said digital literacy had long been been 바카라사이트 most important signifier of employability, but soft skills ¨C including collective intelligence, project management and adaptability ¨C were also important.

¡°In 바카라사이트 future 바카라사이트 ability to code will become just as essential as literacy was in 바카라사이트 19th and 20th centuries,¡± predicted Mr Dupasquier.

Universities are not yet seen as 바카라사이트 key provider of digital literacy, he added, often competing with alternative providers or businesses setting up 바카라사이트ir own in-house training programmes.

Digital capabilities are setting 바카라사이트 new norm in a digitalised world and are quickly becoming an integral part of what employers look for in candidates, said Sandrine Belloc, also an associate director at Emerging, who said that 바카라사이트 graduate recruitment process would grow to reflect this.

Approximately?a quarter of 바카라사이트 top 250 universities ranked were from 바카라사이트 US, followed by 8 per cent from France, and 7 per cent each from 바카라사이트 UK and Germany.

The top five universities ranked were 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge and Stanford University ¨C unchanged from 바카라사이트 previous year.

The dominance of 바카라사이트se US institutions at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 list means that 바카라사이트 US has turned around 10 years of decline across 바카라사이트 rankings, Emerging said.

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