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lity and transferable skills, third, employability attributes and finally, personal and self-efficacy attributes

1.1 Methodology and methods

1.2 Aims of the research project

The main aims of the research project are to:

Provide an evaluative summary of the literature on employability (through the provision of a literature review)

Present a picture of graduate employability to employers

Explain how self-efficacy has a major influence in the graduate's employability profile.

Make recommendations for further research on graduate employability.

1.3 Personal aims include:

Completion of the compulsory component for the award of an Honours degree in Business Management

Preparation for employment

1.4 The objectives of the research project are to discover:

Identification of the definition of employability.

How graduate employability is viewed by employers and Government.

The role of universities in graduate's employability attributes.

Higher Education influences on student personality.

Employers approaches in recruiting graduates.

How self-efficacy contributes to employability.

1.5 Literature search and review

Secondary data will be accessed through Library and Information Service using a selection of tertiary and secondary information sources such as Blackboard, commercial bibliographic databases and Internet search engines and directories. Sources accessed and retrieved will be used to write the literature review.

1.6 Source critique of secondary data

The criteria for source critique are authenticity, time relation, independency, and tendency avoidance. Authenticitymeans that the source should be correct and not misleading. Timerelationmeans that the source should be up-to-date. However this does not mean that all old sources should be rejected, as these can include valuable information that is still useful. Independency and tendency avoidanceimply that sources for example should be impartial and objective.

The above criteria have been considered to greatest possible extent throughout the work with this paper. To ensure authenticity, the use of original secondary sources will be used, by doing this there is minimal risk of misinterpretations and there is opportunity for the reader to look up and evaluate the original source. To ensure authenticity and high quality of sources only peer-reviewed and well cited sources have been used. There is however a few sources that are not frequently cited. These though have been included to bring interesting and broader aspects to this work.

1.7 Scope and limitations of the study

The literature search will aim to be comprehensive; however restricted access to primary literature, for example due to the commercialisation of some of the material sought, will exclude consideration of some sources in the actual literature review.

1.8 Statement of the Problem

Which employability skills are desired in today's local workplace for an entry-level applicant? There is a suggestion from some graduate recruiters that students are not prepared for work. However, through efforts from universities and government directives is it the case that e