The Relationship Between Labour Market Core Skills Requirements And University Graduate Soft Skills Competence
[A CASE STUDY OF NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA]

    The sampling techniques that will be used to select the sample for the study will be the random and purposive sampling techniques. The simple random sampling technique will be used (through balloting) to select seven banks out of 25 banks in the North-west, Nigeria. The technique will also be used to select four different organisations out of nine in commerce and industry. Also, it will used to select four organisations out of eight in science and technology industry. It will also be used in this study in order to give equal chance to various organisations to be selected for the study.
    The purposive sampling technique will be used to select three management staff members from the seven selected banks (these were bank managers, heads of operation and marketing). The purposive sampling technique will also be used to select four heads of departments in commerce and industry (these were heads of administration, human resource, production and marketing). This sampling technique will also be used to select four heads of departments in commerce and industry (these were heads of administration, human resource, production and marketing). Purposive sampling technique will be used to select the sample (directors and supervisors from States Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs), Teacher Service Commissions (TESCOM), States Ministry of Education (SMOEs) and all the registrars from the 24 tertiary institutions in the selected states of the study. Also, the purposive sampling technique will be used to select the participants (top management staff members). This is because they are definite in number and as part of their responsibility, they perform the functions assessment and evaluation of university graduates working in their various organisations and institutions. This is as