JOB SATISFACTION OF GRADUATES BASED ON THE TRAINED KNOWLEDGE AND SOFT SKILLS: A CASE STUDY AT NONG LAM UNIVERSITY ON GIA LAI CAMPUS
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Abstract
The purpose of this research aims to explore the job satisfaction of the graduates based on the trained knowledge and skills as well as to investigate what soft skills the graduates in needs. The mixed method was employed through the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The qualitative data was used to support and explain for the numeric data. The findings showed that most of the graduates satisfied with their current job in spite of having some different aspects in relation to the trained knowledge and skills. The results of self-evaluation about the trained knowledge and skills reported that most of the graduates in the majors of Agronomy, Forestry, Food technology and Accounting found them useful while others supposed to be useless. Besides, their expectation of training soft skills for the current job position was also indicated.
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curriculum, job satisfaction, knowledge, labour market, soft skills
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