Teaching and Learning for Employability in Vietnamese Higher Education

Abstract

Employability of the graduates is a topic that has been attracting great interest from the community in recent years. Especially, from the perspective of the employers, professional knowledge is the core requirement but not the deciding factor when it comes to recruiting graduates into a job position. In addition, according to the increasing demands from the market, the number of graduates every year is higher than the demand of the labour market, raising the competitiveness among candidates applying for jobs. In order to meet the constantly changing requirements of the labour market, fostering professional knowledge is not enough. In addition, it is essential for educational institutions and learners to add more necessary skills to increase graduates’ employability. In this paper, we strive to analyze aspects of graduates’ employability so as to propose solutions to increase the employability of the graduates. We also propose the requirements for improvement at educational institutions to support graduates to meet employer requirements.