Open AccessA Comparative Study of the Engineering Soft Skills Required by Moroccan Job Market
Author(s) -
Hind Chaibate,
Amine Hadek,
Souad Ajana,
Soumia Bakkali,
Kenza Faraj
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-6052
pISSN - 1927-6044
DOI - 10.5430/ijhe.v9n1p142
Subject(s) - employability , soft skills , interview , job market , curriculum , exploratory research , medical education , order (exchange) , engineering , psychology , engineering management , knowledge management , business , pedagogy , computer science , mechanical engineering , medicine , sociology , work (physics) , finance , anthropology
This paper aims at comparing the soft skills required by Moroccan employers to those developed in engineering schools in order to improve engineers’ employability. On the one hand, soft skills needed for the job market integration are defined using a mixed method belonging to sequential exploratory design. On the other hand, educational curricula are examined to determine if they meet the workplace requirements. This study is strengthened by including findings collected by interviewing professionals about the level of soft skills development among newly graduated engineers.