Naslov
Are we speaking the same language? Croatian employers’ IL competency requirements for prospective employees
(Are We Speaking the Same Language? Croatian Employers’ IL Competency Requirements for Prospective Employees)

Autori
Banek Zorica, Mihaela ; Špiranec, Sonja ; Bušelić, Vjeran

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Information Literacy: Key to an Inclusive Society

Urednik/ci
Serap Kurbanoğlu, Joumana Boustany, Sonja Špiranec, Esther Grassian, Diane Mizrachi, Loriene Roy, Tolga Çakmak

Izdavač
Springer

Grad
Heidelberg : New York (NY) : Dordrecht : London

Godina
2016

Raspon stranica
99-108

ISBN
978-3-319-52161-9

Ključne riječi
Employability, Generic competences, IT sector, Information literacy

Sažetak
Employability is one of the main concerns of the European Union and the transition of graduates from higher education to the workplace is pushing agendas in front of higher education institutions. Research has shown that the educational sector and the employment sector usually lack common ground in understanding what other side can offer or expects. On the other hand, both sides often neglect the fact that the concept of information literacy competence is a fundamental generic competence which can fulfill the full potential of employability. Only after defining generic competences from the employers’ viewpoint can we start defining the impact of information literacy on the development of these competences. The results of the study on Croatian employers defining five core generic competences have proved our initial concerns that both educators and employers are identifying the same type of competences but use different terminology. What is specifically missing is an understanding of the concept of information literacy and its influence on employability, and therefore, building national information literacy employability models is of great importance.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti

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