COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS: GAP BETWEEN HIGHER EDUCATION AND LABOUR MARKET

Helena Stimac () and Karla Bilandzic Tanasic ()
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Helena Stimac: Faculty of Economics in Osijek
Karla Bilandzic Tanasic: Faculty of Economics in Osijek

Economic Thought and Practice, 2023, vol. 32, issue 2, 615-628

Abstract: Achieving synergy between market demands and knowledge, competencies, and skills offered by higher education is a great challenge and represents a responsibility that most commonly resides with educators. The aim of this paper is to investigate the gap between the offered competencies and skills provided to students after they complete their higher education and the demands of the labour market in the area of marketing. In order to define the features of the gap, qualitative research was conducted using the group interview method (focus group), after which the results showed that the competencies and skills offered on the higher education market correspond to a certain extent to the competencies and skills demanded on the labour market. However, it was determined that the gap existed, and it was necessary to reduce it. Further adaptations and changes in higher education are necessary, but it is all held back by slow development, administrative overload, and inertia, both in higher education institutions and among its stakeholders.

Keywords: labour market; higher education; competencies; skills; marketing; focus group (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I23 J20 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.17818/EMIP/2023/2.15

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