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

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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT COMING HERE SOON ... Continue reading---

         

      APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 1 ] ... Continue reading---

         

      APPENDIX C - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]List of Commercial Banks Selected for the Study1    Access Bank Plc. 2    Diamond Bank Plc.3    Ecobank Nigeria Plc. 4    Enterprise Bank  5    Fidelity Bank Plc.6    FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED 7    First City Monument Bank Plc. 8    Guaranty Trust Bank Plc. 9    Heritage Banking Company Ltd. 10    Key Stone Bank 11    MainStreet Bank 12    Skye Bank Plc. 13    Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd. 14    Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd. 15    Sterling Bank Plc. ... Continue reading---

         

      APPENDIX B - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]APPENDIX IIDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENTFACULTY OF EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, NIGERIAQUESTIONNAIRE ON LABOUR MARKET CORE SKILLS REQUIREMENTS AND UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SOFT SKILLS COMPETENCE IN NORTH-WEST, NIGERIA    This research questionnaire is designed to seek your responses on the above topic. With utmost confidence, your responses shall be treated and used for research purpose only. Yours sincerely,SECTION APERSONAL INFORMATION OF PARTICIPANTS1.    Name of Organisatio ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Statement of the Problem    The trend of graduate unemployability has become a worrisome issue in the Nigeria labour market, especially for stakeholders like employers of labour, training institutions, parents and graduates. The Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA) (2005) expressed that companies were not recruiting but adopting employment protection strategies due to the poor quality graduates who do not meet demands of industries. Therefore, Chiacha and Amaechi (2013) carried ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 25 ]In view of the suggestions, Mcquaid, Greig and Adams (2004) summarised thus that; i. demand factors - these encompass local labour market elements (such as the level and nature of local and regional or other labour demand, location issues, centrality/remoteness of local labour markets in relation to centres of industry/employment, levels of competition for jobs); ii. macroeconomic factors - these are macroeconomic balance, degree and nature of labour demand within the national economy system and ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Instrumentation     The instrument to be used for the study will be a researcher-designed questionnaire titled “Labour Market Core Skills Requirements and University Graduate Soft Skills Competence Questionnaire (LMCSRUGSSCQ)”. This will comprise two sections “A and B”. Section “A” will consist of personal information of participants such as types of organisations, location and position held. Section “B” will consist of thirty (30) items to be d ... Continue reading---