Graduate employability and industry partnership

GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY

AND INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP

MR RÉDA ALLAL, ALGERIA

EMMAG FINAL CONFERENCE

VALENCIA, SPAIN, APRIL 2016

In today’s context of heightened global competition, diverse workforce and

operating margins, Human Resources function needs to have a strategic focus in

delivering tangible value to the Business.

Employees are strategic partners who help in building organization. Companies

are very focused on type of employees they are hiring. There are plenty of jobs

in the market and companies spend huge money on getting right kind of

candidate for themselves. At the same time, there are many students who pass

out from various education programs and ready to get into jobs. But still, many

of them do not get a job. It is because company feels that these students are

not employable.

INTRODUCTION

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45%

Young Workforce Gaduates

Unemployment Rates 2015

Algeria Morocco Tunisia

UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE – MAGHREB REGION

UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE – MENA

The educated category

in the Arab countries

represents 40 percent

of the total

unemployed

UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUE – EUROPE

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Technical skill ALONE does not make someone

competitive in the job market New generation

of highly skilled

graduates

Communication skills

Team/interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Quantitative reasoning

Business process knowledge

Project management

…

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Today's job candidates must be able to

collaborate, communicate and solve

problems – skills developed mainly

through social and emotional

learning (SEL). Combined with

traditional skills, this social and

emotional proficiency will equip

students to succeed in the evolving

digital economy

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

TOP 10 SKILLS

FUTURE READY

THE ROLE OF HEI

“Is it higher

education’s mission to

prepare people for

the skills they need in

an up-to-date fashion

for the 21st century?”

The role of universities

is not just in terms of

preparing graduates for

the labor market, but

also in terms of

developing the full,

integrated personality

of an individual

Santiago Iniguez

Dean IE Business School, Madrid

Universities must face the challenges

of teaching or encouraging

entrepreneurship otherwise, and the

difficulty of adapting education

systems quickly enough to keep pace

with rapidly changing labor markets

THE ROLE OF HEI

DIAGNOSTIC

DIAGNOSTIC

It takes between 12 and 36 months for new corporate

executives to be operational and therefore

profitable

They believe that

universities should

do more

to enhance

employability skills

Over 90% of managers

are struggling to find

qualified managers and

21% of them believe that

the level of staff

qualifications is insufficient

Employers are looking for more skills and fast payback from their employees

Work productively on a diverse team (76%)

Oral/written communication skill (73%)

Think critically and analytically (73%)

Resourcefulness in solving problems (70%)

Understand and communicate quantitatively (60%)

Integrity & ethics (56%)

Understand global cultures and values (53%)

DIAGNOSTIC

DIAGNOSTIC

Overqualified job seekers

Lack of availability of middle managers

Only 5% of academic degrees are professional

Programmes becomes obsolete

Inappropriateness of training for the

employment market

Employers need “job ready” candidates

We must identify the gap

between delivery and

expectation among

institutes and companies

to making student

employable

DIAGNOSTIC

DIAGNOSTIC

TEACHING FOR EMPLOYABILITY

TEACHING FOR EMPLOYABILITY

Universities must

produce graduates

who are ready for

any workplace

HOW TO BUILD SKILLS?

STUDENT MOBILITY

MOBILIY & EMPLOYABILITY - ERASMUS


Erasmus students increase their

advantage over non-mobile students by

42%

“If you study or train abroad,

you are more likely to

increase your job prospects”

The survey results indicate that 92% of employers are looking for

personality traits found to be enhanced by study or training abroad,

such as tolerance, confidence, problem-solving skills, curiosity, knowing

one’s strengths/weaknesses, and decisiveness.

The report adds, “Tests before and after exchange periods

abroad reveal that Erasmus students show higher values for

these personality traits, even before their exchange starts; by

the time they come back, the difference in these values

increases by 42% on average, compared with other students.”


MOBILIY & EMPLOYABILITY

“Mobilizing talent … is as much

part of the Fourth Industrial

Revolution … as water and steam

were in the first”

“For regulators and governments,

structural reforms to remove

barriers and bureaucracy and the

simplification of labour markets

remain paramount”

Alain Dehaze, CEO of Adecco Group

WEF Annual Meeting, Davos from 20 to 23 January 2016,

under the theme Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution

INDUSTRY – UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP

Working with industry leaders help to:

Define competencies

Curricula development to improve undergraduate and

graduate studies

Student internships

Continue to meet regularly to review the competencies

established, ensuring that they stay relevant and up-to-date

Share experiences and best practices with students

Organize business solving camps in universities

Suggest topics for applied research projects

Entrepreneurship education



Chambers of Commerce and Industry help to stimulate this partnership

Businesses and

universities must

share responsibility

INDUSTRY – UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP … IN PRACTICE !

WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION

SPEED COACHING

SUCCESS STORIES - SEMINARS

STEERYOUR CAREER / BE INNOVATIVE CAMP #INJAZ

INJAZ COMPANY PROGRAM

In the globalization context and competitiveness, the role of a university is further enhanced.

University is no longer confined to traditional roles. Universities need to interact with others in

order to be relevant and progressive.

Symbiosis relationships between the university and industry are very significant because the

relationship between those two can foster economic development of a nation and enhance graduates

employability

Responsibility for filling this gap in knowledge must be shared between businesses and universities,

with awareness on both sides of the complexities of the other.

CONCLUSION

THANKYOU …

Réda [email protected]

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