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Transversal Competences Towards Employability in Female Students

<jats:p>This chapter focuses on competences required from female students building on the analysis of perceived transversal competences expressed by female students as well as by male and female employers. The study addresses the transversal competences that are essential for female students transitions to the labor market looking at the deemed necessary competences from both male and female employers. The study offers a pan-European perspective from a sample of 282 female students, plus 88 male and female employers from Cyprus, Lithuania, Poland, and Portugal. Evidence unfolds a great deal of sensitivity on the part of female students regarding personal transversal competences and highlights different competence priorities demanded from female students by male and female employers. The results can inform the debates and policies about education programs and objectives while offering insights for female students' job searches. </jats:p>

Maria Sarmento

Marta Ferreira Dias

Marlene Amorim

Mara Madaleno

Carina Pimentel

Publication
Book Title:
Handbook of Research on Women in Management and the Global Labor Market
Year of Publication:
2019
Pagination:
63--90
Identifiers
ISBN:
2327-350X
ISBN Number:
9781522591733
Other Numbers:
74199029
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