Open AccessAre Soft Skills Required for Accounting Students in Future Career?
Author(s) -
Syaiful Baharee Jaafar,
Malaysia Politeknik Tuanku Sultanah Bahiyah
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of business and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2590-3721
DOI - 10.26666/rmp.ijbm.2018.5.2
Subject(s) - soft skills , employability , skills management , curriculum , human multitasking , value (mathematics) , perception , psychology , accounting , business , medical education , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , social psychology , machine learning , neuroscience , cognitive psychology
Nowadays, business is very challenging and competitive, so it requires employers to hire multitasking employees. Therefore, students should be learning soft skills linked with industrial requirements. Accounting students should have added value, such as good soft skills, which may lead to higher employability. Higher education institutions need to play a role to provide a curriculum that emphasizes soft skills such as communication skills, time management, and problem solving. This study discusses these skills for accounting graduates during their studies at higher education institutions. Without better soft skills, it is very tough for future accountants to be hired. Higher employability linked with better soft skills may enhance the public’s perception of the accounting field.