Producing graduates with employmentready skills is important and challenging to any university and college. Graduates employment rate has become a critical quality indicator of most HEIs. Every graduate is unique in terms of experience, knowledge, skills, attitude and job opportunities. The ability of a graduate to become employed is varying. En Producing graduates with employmentready skills is important and challenging to any university and college. Graduates employment rate has become a critical quality indicator of most HEIs. Every graduate is unique in terms of experience, knowledge, skills, attitude and job opportunities. The ability of a graduate to become employed is varying. En
Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology R E S E A R C H P R E S E N TATI O N Enhancing the Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam by Phan Vo Minh Thang HOA SEN RESEARCH SEMINAR (HSRS#115) DBA Program – School of Management – Asian Institute of Technology Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Biography Full name: Phan Vo Minh Thang Batch: DBA2 – HCMC, Vietnam Prev Degree: Master of Computer Science (Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand) Occupation: Teacher at IT faculty (HCM University of Education, Vietnam) Experience: IT lecturer ~14 years IT training business administration ~7 years IT pedagogical methodology ~ years Microsoft certified trainer ~6 years Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Contents Introduction Literature review Methodology Data analysis and results Main findings and discussions Comments and responses Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Introduction Background Research rationale Research questions Research objectives Research scope Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Introduction Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Background Producing graduates with employment-ready skills is important and challenging to any university and college Graduates employment rate has become a critical quality indicator of most HEIs Every graduate is unique in terms of experience, knowledge, skills, attitude and job opportunities The ability of a graduate to become employed is varying Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Introduction Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Research rationale Vietnamese education system had a big jump in quantity The mismatch of the higher education curriculum and the labor market is continuing to be under debated The national unemployed rate is increasing, especially to people with higher education level Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology The unemployment rate in Vietnam (ILO, Global Employment Trends 2014, pp 57) Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Introduction Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Research questions MAJOR QUESTIONS: What is the possible determinant of IT graduates’ employability ? How the identified determinants influence on graduates’ employability? Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 Introduction Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Research objectives MAJOR OBJECTIVES: To explore different determinants of IT graduate’s employability in Vietnam To evaluate the influences of those determinants on the employability systematically Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 10 Data Analysis & Results Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Data profiling Participant demographics Gender Male Female Employment status Unemployed Unemployed but used to be employed Employed Duration of Job Search By graduation After graduation Academic qualification Diploma certificate College degree University degree Postgraduate degree Sample (N=512) Number of Percent participants Sub-sample* (N=449) Number of Percent participants 390 122 76.2 23.8 338 111 24.7 75.3 63 51 398 12.3 10.0 77.7 51 398 0.0 11.4 88.6 217 232 42.4 45.3 217 232 48.3 51.7 10 43 453 2.0 8.4 88.4 1.2 10 38 398 2.2 8.5 88.6 0.7 Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 22 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Data Analysis & Results Data profiling Participant demographics Year of graduation 2012 2013 2014 2015 Academic performance Average Good Excellent Outstanding Professional certification Locally certified in IT Internationally certified in IT Double major HEI's territory in Vietnam North Central South Sample (N=512) Number of Percent participants Sub-sample* (N=449) Number of Percent participants 116 139 251 22.7 27.1 49.0 1.2 110 130 209 24.5 29.0 46.5 0.0 88 337 78 17.2 65.8 15.2 1.8 78 292 72 17.4 65.0 16.0 1.6 214 83 181 41.8 16.2 35.3 188 76 164 41.9 16.9 36.5 41 38 433 8.0 7.4 84.6 39 22 388 8.7 4.9 86.4 Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 23 Data Analysis & Results Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Preliminary assessment 10 11 Curriculum Fitness English Skills Working Readiness Employability Program Reputation Soft Skills Social Experience Adaptability Skills Job Seeking Efforts Social Relationships Work Experience (3 items; (4 items; (5 items; (6 items; (2 items; (5 items; (2 items; (5 items; (4 items; (3 items; (4 items; α=.93) α=.91) α=.91) α=.90) α=.88) α=.88) α=.83) α=.76) α=.72) α=.69) α=.65) Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 24 Data Analysis & Results Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Exploratory factor analysis Sample size (N=512) Bartlett’s test of sphericity (p=0.000) Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO=0.89) Promax rotation and principal axis factoring extraction method Four data items were removed Ten factors explained more than 64% of total variation in the data set Program Quality: Curriculum Fitness + Program Reputation Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 25 Data Analysis & Results Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Confirmatory factor analysis Measurement model (M1) Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 26 Data Analysis & Results Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Structural Path Analysis Structural model (M2) Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 27 Data Analysis & Results Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Structural Path Analysis Results Hypothesized structural model (M3) Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 28 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Multi-group moderation analysis Gender: Year of graduation: Male Female 2012 2013 2014 Academic performance: Average and good Excellent and outstanding Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 29 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology MAIN FINDINGS & DISCUSSIONS Main findings Practical implications Originality & other values Limitations & future directions Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 30 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Main findings Self-perceived employability was confirmed to be significantly relied on: Graduates’ English language skills, Soft skills, Adaptability skills, The quality of the institution’s program, Graduates’ job seeking efforts These factors effect duration of job search indirectly through employability Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 31 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Main findings Employability significantly impacted on the time it took for a graduate to find a job and partially mediated the relationship between job seeking efforts and duration to get jobs Work experience and internationally certified competencies had significant effects on job search duration directly They made the job search duration shorter Job seeking efforts made the job search duration longer Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 32 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Practical implications Students and graduates Before enrollments: view program quality, the skill sets as valuable signals of employability After enrollment: be aware of improveable areas: Soft skills, English language skills, Adaptability skills, Work experience opportunities, Internationally certified competencies (a high GPA and a double major appears to be less reliable) Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 33 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Practical implications HEIs Focus on quality instead of rushing for mass enrollments Strengthen their brands and cultivate stronger ties with employers Boost the use of English in the educational environment Transform the traditional pedagogical approaches to modern models like learnercentered teaching, active learning, etc Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 34 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Originality & other values Originarity: Providing a quantitative explanation about relationships among the employability, the job search duration and their key predictors from different aspects Other values: Enhancing our understanding of interesting research concepts Informing students and educators about the improvable areas of employability enhancement Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 35 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Limitations & Future directions Only determinants from individual and institutional aspects were considered Political status, the economic climate, employer demands, or technology trends should be considered in future research The sample was limited to one profession in one country Replicated studies should be expanded into other professions and other countries as well Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 36 [...]... outstanding Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 29 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology MAIN FINDINGS & DISCUSSIONS Main findings Practical implications Originality & other values Limitations & future directions Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 30 Main findings... Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology LITERATURE REVIEW Defining employability Employability s components Strategies to enhance employability Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 12 Literature review Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Defining employability. .. learnercentered teaching, active learning, etc Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 34 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Originality & other values Originarity: Providing a quantitative explanation about relationships among the employability, the job search duration and their key... different aspects Other values: Enhancing our understanding of interesting research concepts Informing students and educators about the improvable areas of employability enhancement Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 35 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Limitations & Future...Introduction Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Research scope Only concern about the ability of graduates to get their first jobs Only concentrate on the factors that were influenced by IT graduates and institutions Only fresh IT graduates in Vietnam were studied Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL,... 2005) Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 15 Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology METHODOLOGY Research methods Conceptual model Data collection Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 16 Methodology Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute... through employability Enhancing The Employability of IT Graduates in Vietnam, HESWBL, Vol.6, No.2 31 Main findings and implications Doctoral Business Administration Program School of Management Asian Institute of Technology Main findings Employability significantly impacted on the time it took for a graduate to find a job and partially mediated the relationship between job seeking efforts and duration... 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