Purpose

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the soft skill gap of graduate employees, as well as the factors influencing the skill gaps of real estate graduates in the employment of real estate firms in Nigeria.

Design/methodology/approach

Primary data were employed for the study. Close-ended questionnaire served on real estate employers in the two major property markets of Nigeria: Lagos and Abuja. From a total of 343 questionnaires administered, 172 (59.7%) questionnaires were retrieved. While data from the graduate employees were obtained via a web-based survey sent out to a total of 558 graduates, 119 (21.33%) responses were received. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were employed in the data analysis.

Findings

The findings showed that employers had high expectations for soft skillsets relating to responsibility, administrative, listening and communication skills. These have respective mean scores of 6.38, 6.33, 6.31 and 6.31 on a seven point scale. However, the results revealed significant skill gaps with skills such as logical thinking, business negotiation, responsibility and marketing. Further, the analysis revealed that factors influencing the skill gap, in decreasing order of influence, are training/professional mentors/remuneration, personal preferences/industry characteristics and curriculum/faculties.

Practical implications

Real estate graduate soft skills are investigated to uncover areas of emphasis and skill gaps. These outcomes could serve as important feedbacks for stakeholders towards improving real estate teaching and curriculum. The findings could also assist real estate graduates to know employers areas of emphasis in relation to graduate employability skills.

Originality/value

Extant studies have reiterated and evaluated the soft skills gaps based on the perceptions of employers, faculties and institutions of higher learning. However, there is the need to investigate the perception of graduate employees, being the recipient and major stakeholders in the training process.

中文翻译：

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影响尼日利亚房地产专业毕业生软技能差距的因素

目的

本研究的目的是评估毕业生员工的软技能差距，以及影响尼日利亚房地产公司就业的房地产毕业生技能差距的因素。

设计/方法/方法

主要数据用于研究。封闭式问卷为尼日利亚两大房地产市场的房地产雇主提供服务：拉各斯和阿布贾。从总共发放的 343 份问卷中，回收了 172 份（59.7%）问卷。虽然毕业生员工的数据是通过向总共 558 名毕业生发送的基于网络的调查获得的，但收到了 119 名 (21.33%) 的回复。在数据分析中采用了描述性和推理性统计技术。

发现

调查结果表明，雇主对与责任、行政、倾听和沟通技巧相关的软技能抱有很高的期望。在 7 分制中，它们的平均分分别为 6.38、6.33、6.31 和 6.31。然而，结果显示在逻辑思维、商务谈判、责任和营销等技能方面存在显着的技能差距。此外，分析显示，影响技能差距的因素，按影响降序排列，是培训/专业导师/薪酬、个人偏好/行业特征和课程/师资。

实际影响

调查房地产毕业生的软技能，以发现重点领域和技能差距。这些成果可以作为利益相关者改进房地产教学和课程的重要反馈。调查结果还可以帮助房地产毕业生了解与毕业生就业技能相关的雇主重点领域。

原创性/价值

现有研究根据雇主、教师和高等教育机构的看法重申和评估了软技能差距。然而，有必要调查毕业生员工的看法，他们是培训过程中的接受者和主要利益相关者。