Developing an Approach for Identifying Employers´ Needs and Bridging the Gaps with Work-force’s Skills and Capabilities
John, Shino (2018)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018053011230
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018053011230
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This Master’s thesis focuses on developing an approach for identifying employers´ needs and bridging the gaps with workforce’s skills and capabilities on the example of Master’s students searching a job/thesis project in the field of Engineering.
The case organization in this case is an educational provider and one of the most esteemed international universities of applied sciences in Finland. Practice by this organization shows that sometimes Master’s students, especially those unemployed and of foreign origin, may find it challenging to find a job/thesis project and the documented guidance is currently missing on how to do it, though the case organization has a wide range of current practices spread over various services.
This study followed the qualitative case study as a research approach as it utilizes the data from various sources such as face-to-face interviews with the stakeholders. After identifying the key challenges from the current state analysis, the conceptual framework of this study is constructed from literature review. The proposal is build focussing on the three key elements identified in literature review, namely, identifying employers’ needs, mapping own skills and competences, and bridging the gaps to the desired competences. The proposal is based on the data obtained from interviews with stakeholders and combined with the literature findings and CSA data to build a self-help guide
The outcome of this study is (1) an approach for identifying the employers’ needs and bridging the gaps with the workforce existing skills and capabilities, and (2) a self-help guide to find a job/thesis project for a Master’s student.
The case organization in this case is an educational provider and one of the most esteemed international universities of applied sciences in Finland. Practice by this organization shows that sometimes Master’s students, especially those unemployed and of foreign origin, may find it challenging to find a job/thesis project and the documented guidance is currently missing on how to do it, though the case organization has a wide range of current practices spread over various services.
This study followed the qualitative case study as a research approach as it utilizes the data from various sources such as face-to-face interviews with the stakeholders. After identifying the key challenges from the current state analysis, the conceptual framework of this study is constructed from literature review. The proposal is build focussing on the three key elements identified in literature review, namely, identifying employers’ needs, mapping own skills and competences, and bridging the gaps to the desired competences. The proposal is based on the data obtained from interviews with stakeholders and combined with the literature findings and CSA data to build a self-help guide
The outcome of this study is (1) an approach for identifying the employers’ needs and bridging the gaps with the workforce existing skills and capabilities, and (2) a self-help guide to find a job/thesis project for a Master’s student.