Employability skills for entry-level employees with and without disabilities: A comparison between the perspectives of educators and employers Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of this study was to investigate educators' and employers' perspectives on general employability skills for individuals with and without disabilities. A total of 115 educators and 168 employers participated in the study by completing a survey. It was found that some employability skills are valued by both educators and employers for all entry-level employees, while noteworthy discrepancies existed between educators and employers with regard to their expectations for individuals with disabilities. Implications of these findings for school are discussed. 2014 - IOS Press and the authors.

authors

• Zhang, Dalun

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION

author list (cited authors)

• Ju, S., Pacha, J., Moore, K., & Zhang, D.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Ju, Song||Pacha, Jackie||Moore, Kayce||Zhang, Dalun

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• IOS Press  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation  Journal

keywords

• Educators
• Employability Skills
• Employers
• Entry-level
• Individuals With Disabilities
• Transition

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.3233/JVR-140685

start page

• 203

end page

• 212

volume

• 40

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.3233%2Fjvr-140685

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education