Assessing graduates' generic skills: An indicator of employability

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Assessing graduates' generic skills: An indicator of employability

This concept paper seeks to discuss the issues of the measurement of Malaysian university graduates' generic skills as an indicator of their employability in the real world job market. Despite the heated discussions and arguments among stakeholders on the problem of rampant unemployment of fres...

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Published in:	Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities
Main Author:	2-s2.0-84921307632
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Putra Malaysia 2014
Online Access:	https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84921307632&partnerID=40&md5=937732fc7c0fb0f1af22070569599235

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