Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers

Today’s job market is characterised by intense competition among young graduates with the same qualifications. Consequently, soft skills have become particularly important in the processes of attracting and recruiting talent because they allow improvements in productivity, innovation, and internatio...

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Autores: Vázquez-Rodríguez, Ana, Quiroga Carrillo, Anaïs, García Álvarez, Jesús, Sáez Gambín, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/42597
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Soft skills
Employers
University graduates
Employability
Corporate social responsibility
Job market signalling
Employer branding
Higher education institutions
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spelling Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employersVázquez-Rodríguez, AnaQuiroga Carrillo, AnaïsGarcía Álvarez, JesúsSáez Gambín, DanielSoft skillsEmployersUniversity graduatesEmployabilityCorporate social responsibilityJob market signallingEmployer brandingHigher education institutionsToday’s job market is characterised by intense competition among young graduates with the same qualifications. Consequently, soft skills have become particularly important in the processes of attracting and recruiting talent because they allow improvements in productivity, innovation, and internationalisation within businesses. This study aims to determine the soft skills that Spanish employers demand most from university graduates within the Spanish context. More specifically, it seeks to provide evidence related to the demand for these skills according to variables such as Corporate Social Responsibility, employers’ social engagement, and candidates’ participation in non-formal education activities. To this end, a quantitative methodology was applied, using a sample of 83 employers from different businesses. The results show that the soft skills in most demand were related to interpersonal relationships, self-management, and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, there were differences in this assessment related to employers’ social engagement and graduate participation in non-formal education activities. The study has implications for higher education institutions’ strategies and for students’ academic and professional development, contributing to a better fit between education and business.SpringerUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Pedagoxía e Didáctica20252025-06-0320252025-06-03journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/42597reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016 EDU2017-82629-R APRENDIZAJE-SERVICIO (APS) Y EMPLEABILIDAD DE LOS ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS EN ESPAÑA: COMPETENCIAS PARA LA INSERCION LABORALopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2© The Author(s) 2025. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/425972026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
title Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
spellingShingle Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
Vázquez-Rodríguez, Ana
Soft skills
Employers
University graduates
Employability
Corporate social responsibility
Job market signalling
Employer branding
Higher education institutions
title_short Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
title_full Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
title_fullStr Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
title_full_unstemmed Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
title_sort Soft skills and the corporate social dimension: the perspective of university graduate employers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vázquez-Rodríguez, Ana
Quiroga Carrillo, Anaïs
García Álvarez, Jesús
Sáez Gambín, Daniel
author Vázquez-Rodríguez, Ana
author_facet Vázquez-Rodríguez, Ana
Quiroga Carrillo, Anaïs
García Álvarez, Jesús
Sáez Gambín, Daniel
author_role author
author2 Quiroga Carrillo, Anaïs
García Álvarez, Jesús
Sáez Gambín, Daniel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Pedagoxía e Didáctica
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Soft skills
Employers
University graduates
Employability
Corporate social responsibility
Job market signalling
Employer branding
Higher education institutions
topic Soft skills
Employers
University graduates
Employability
Corporate social responsibility
Job market signalling
Employer branding
Higher education institutions
description Today’s job market is characterised by intense competition among young graduates with the same qualifications. Consequently, soft skills have become particularly important in the processes of attracting and recruiting talent because they allow improvements in productivity, innovation, and internationalisation within businesses. This study aims to determine the soft skills that Spanish employers demand most from university graduates within the Spanish context. More specifically, it seeks to provide evidence related to the demand for these skills according to variables such as Corporate Social Responsibility, employers’ social engagement, and candidates’ participation in non-formal education activities. To this end, a quantitative methodology was applied, using a sample of 83 employers from different businesses. The results show that the soft skills in most demand were related to interpersonal relationships, self-management, and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, there were differences in this assessment related to employers’ social engagement and graduate participation in non-formal education activities. The study has implications for higher education institutions’ strategies and for students’ academic and professional development, contributing to a better fit between education and business.
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