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The document discusses problems with engineering academic curricula, including a lack of focus on design, problem solving, and creative skills. It also notes a lack of training in handling complexity. This leads to only 64% of employers being satisfied with new engineering graduates. The document recommends that engineering institutions seek to improve graduates' skill sets by emphasizing soft skills like communication, refocusing assignments on higher-order thinking, and interacting more with employers to understand needed regional skills. A study found that employers perceive soft skills as more important than professional skills.

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Skill Up

The document discusses problems with engineering academic curricula, including a lack of focus on design, problem solving, and creative skills. It also notes a lack of training in handling complexity. This leads to only 64% of employers being satisfied with new engineering graduates. The document recommends that engineering institutions seek to improve graduates' skill sets by emphasizing soft skills like communication, refocusing assignments on higher-order thinking, and interacting more with employers to understand needed regional skills. A study found that employers perceive soft skills as more important than professional skills.

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SKILL UP ?

Problems

Lacunae in academic curriculum :

1.

No focus on key design skills, problem solving skills and creative


exploration for the same.

2.

No training on handling complexity and key abstraction skills


required to handle it.

. These

problems can be traced to :

1.

Lack of imagination

2.

Few problem set (e.g. examination)

3.

Little exposure to joint project with industries.

Only 64% employers hiring fresh engineering


graduates are satisfied with the quality of the
new hires.

Core Skills :

Professional skills.

Soft skills(core employability skills and communication skills)

After classifying all skills by factor analysis, it was found that employers
perceive soft skills more important than professional skills.

What engineering institutions


should do ?

Seek to improve the skill set of graduates.

Emphasize soft skills

Refocus the assignments from lower order thinking skills to skills


such as analysis and creativity.

Interact more with employers to understand the particular


demand for the skills in the region and sector.

Skills under Four Factors


Specific Skills

Core Skills

Personal
Characteristics

Communication
Skills

Database
knowledge
Spreadsheet
knowledge
Word
processing
knowledge
Ability to adapt
to changing
technology
Technical skills
Mathematical
skills

Self confidence

Business ethics

Listening skills

Critical
thinking

Professionalism

Speaking skills

Creative
thinking
Interpersonal
skills
Leadership
skills
Experience
with real world
problems

Written
communication

Skills grouped into Three


Factors
Factor 1
Factor 2
(Core Employability
Skills)
Integrity
Self-discipline
Reliability
Self-motivated
Entrepreneurship Skills
Teamwork
Understands and takes
directions
for work
assignments
Willingness to learn
Flexibility
Empathy

(Professional
Skills)
Identify, formulate, and
solve technical/engineering
problems
Design a system,
component, or process to
meet desired needs
Use appropriate/modern
tools, equipment,
technologies
Apply knowledge of
mathematics, science,
engineering
Customer Service Skills
Knowledge of
contemporary issues
Creativity

Factor 3
(Communication
Skills)
Written communication
Design & conduct
experiments, and analyze
and interpret data
Reading
Communication in English
Technical Skills
Verbal communication
Basic computer
Advanced computer

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