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dc.contributor.authorMessum, D Gen
dc.contributor.authorWilkes, L Men
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Debraen
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Ken
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-06T16:52:00Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.citationAsia Pacific Journal of Health Management, 11(1), p. 25-32en
dc.identifier.issn2204-3136en
dc.identifier.issn1833-3818en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18967-
dc.description.abstract'Background': Employer skill requirements of graduates are monitored by Graduate Careers Australia, but health services management (HSM) specific employability skills (ES) perceived by graduates to be important on the job and their perceptions of skills they need to improve are not well reported. Academics need this feedback to improve course employment outcomes by helping current students identify and articulate appropriate competencies to potential employers. Also teaching of industry requirements can help improve job matching for employers. 'Method': Recent graduates working in HSM in New South Wales, Australia were surveyed to rate ES for importance and rate their own skill levels on the same items. The gap between these two ratings was identified for 44 ES. 'Results': ES important to recent graduates in rank order were: verbal communication skills, integrity and ethical conduct, time management, teamwork, priority setting, ability to work independently, organisational skills, written communication, being flexible and open minded and networking. Highest self-ratings were found for integrity and ethical conduct, ability to work independently, being flexible and open minded, tertiary qualifications, interpersonal skills, written communication skills, time management, life-long learning, priority setting and administration skills. Generally graduates rated their skills lower than their ratings of importance. 'Conclusions': Recent graduates can provide valuable feedback to universities about ES required for HSM positions and identify their own skill gaps for development at work or through study. Generic skills rather than job-specific skills are what they rate as most important. Closer engagement of universities and employers is recommended especially through placements.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralian College of Health Service Managementen
dc.relation.ispartofAsia Pacific Journal of Health Managementen
dc.titleEmployability Skills in Health Services Management: perceptions of recent graduatesen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsNursingen
local.contributor.firstnameD Gen
local.contributor.firstnameL Men
local.contributor.firstnameDebraen
local.contributor.firstnameKen
local.subject.for2008111099 Nursing not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008920210 Nursingen
local.subject.seo2008920299 Health and Support Services not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008929999 Health not elsewhere classifieden
local.profile.schoolSchool of Healthen
local.profile.emaildjackso4@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20160427-15547en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage25en
local.format.endpage32en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume11en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.title.subtitleperceptions of recent graduatesen
local.contributor.lastnameMessumen
local.contributor.lastnameWilkesen
local.contributor.lastnameJacksonen
local.contributor.lastnamePetersen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:djackso4en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:19168en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleEmployability Skills in Health Services Managementen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.achsm.org.au/resources/journal/journal-content/?id=19en
local.search.authorMessum, D Gen
local.search.authorWilkes, L Men
local.search.authorJackson, Debraen
local.search.authorPeters, Ken
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2016en
local.fileurl.closedpublishedhttps://rune.une.edu.au/web/retrieve/71804dd2-ca40-45d4-a67f-f6726561cbc5en
local.subject.for2020520302 Clinical psychologyen
local.subject.seo2020200307 Nursingen
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