The ever-evolving employing culture prevents high-level institutions from meeting quality employment standards. Anderson (2021) argues that most of our existing problems originate from our schooling systems being established to serve a varied type of American economy. He further notes that market discrimination has led to more barriers that hinder the young generation from attaining success. As the primary stakeholders of higher education, employers anticipate that higher schooling institutions can provide working-ready graduates with essential employability skills. Awadhiya (2022) confirms that globally, employers strive to find graduates with appropriate employability skills. Employers question academic curricula and education delivery techniques regarding the employability skill gap.
Employers often claim that the higher education system operates based on supply-dominated instead of demand-driven pattern. According to Kuykendall (2022), students should be upgraded, aligned to, and ready for the long-term needs of the required workforce. The author illustrated that although students have talents, they are not efficiently exposed to career pathways yet contain specific skills. The gap between ability and interest shows that what occurs is less of an aptitude gap and more of an experience gap, which contributes to the skill gap and a necessity to aid students to gain self-awareness concerning their capability regarding in-demand careers. During Shen’s (2018) TED talk, he explained that the results would be similar if schools focused on talent such as the gifted kids’ program. Fatikasari (2019) advises students to study their areas of interest. To complete this gap, students should understand the key takeaways they have learned, enabling them to define themselves. Academic institutions and the enterprise should collaborate to meet organization expectations by adopting learning activities aligned with the present business aspects.
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Fatikasari, S. (2019). Kill the gap between college graduation and your first job. LinkedIn.
Kuykendall, K. (Director). (2022). In Gap between students’ aptitudes and their career interests focus of new report. Ed-tech Group.
Shen. (2018). Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience [Video]. Youtube.