ReviewHeliyon2023
Global employability skills in the 21st century workplace: A semi-systematic literature review.
Review in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- Teaching Health Informatics in a Skills-First Era: A Curriculum Mapping Approach Aligned With Workforce Demand.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- The Influence of Different Cognitive Skills on Learning Agility Among Gen Z in Established and Start-Up Companies.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Role of self-advocacy, academic accommodation, and attitude in career readiness among students with learning disabilities: a social cognitive perspective.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The impact of higher education on youth employability in Kosovo: Key determinants affecting the interface between higher education provision and labor market needs.Open research Europe · 2026Article
- Developing social and emotional competence in higher vocational education: effects on employability and perceptions of decent work.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Using a 'Students as Partners' model to develop an authentic assessment promoting employability skills in undergraduate life science education.FEBS open bio · 2025Article
- Big five personality traits and employability: The mediating role of internship attitudes among chinese vocational students.PloS one · 2025Article
- 'What is the most important lesson you learnt as a neuroscience master's student?' A single-question study in postgraduate neuroscience education.BMC medical education · 2024Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
This study conducts a semi-systematic literature review of research pertaining to employability to identify essential employability skills that employers seek in recent graduates. The comprehensive analysis of the existing literature review aims to present a set of global employability skills, identify similarities, variations, or changes in these skills across time, and explore the most relevant existing employability skills for the 21st-century workplace. The review includes 30 years of research articles and government reports published in English and considers 25 studies based on the Scientific Procedures and Rationales for Systematic Literature Reviews (SPAR-4-SLR). After removing duplicates, 87 unique skills were identified and listed under three distinct temporal themes (the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s), with problem-solving, communication, teamwork, adaptability, and willingness to learn among the most commonly reported skills over time. The study found a mismatch between employers' expectations and graduates' possessed skills. Therefore, the list of employability skills identified in this study can serve as a valuable tool for addressing this mismatch. The study's findings can also help educators and employers to better align their efforts to prepare students for the modern workplace.
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