Contribution: This study explores employers, university teaching staff, and student perceptions of the importance of the generic skills of information and communication technology (ICT) graduates. Background: The generic skills mastery of ICT graduates has been an important topic for many years and it still is nowadays, especially in the context of educating ICT professionals for unknown future jobs. A comprehensive view of the importance of the generic skills from the perspective of three main stakeholder groups, as presented in this study, provides a basis for educators globally to make further steps in the provision and assessment of the most important generic skills of ICT students within higher education curricula. Research Questions: This research addresses three simple, but important questions: 1) when hiring recent ICT graduates, how important are their broader employability skills (generic/soft/transferable skills) comparing to the specific professional, technical, or academic knowledge and skills that come with graduation? 2) which generic skills of ICT graduates are the most important? and 3) do ICT graduates possess the most important generic skills? Methodology: Research was conducted in Croatia, by using an online survey among 155 employers who employ ICT professionals, 208 students, and 49 teaching staff from two Croatian higher education institutions (HEIs). It was supported by the Croatian Chamber of Economy, Croatian Employers’ Association, and Croatian Independent Software Exporters. Findings: Research results show that: 1) generic skills of ICT graduates are very important; 2) the three most important skills, as recognized by all three stakeholder groups are ability to rapidly acquire new knowledge; ability to apply knowledge in practical situations ; and ability to identify and resolve problems ; and 3) the perception of graduates’ possession of generic skills varies among three stakeholders groups.

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ICT 毕业生通用技能的重要性——雇主、教师和学生的观点

贡献：本研究探讨了雇主、大学教学人员和学生对信息和通信技术 (ICT) 毕业生通用技能重要性的看法。 背景： ICT 毕业生的共通技能掌握多年来一直是一个重要话题，现在仍然如此，特别是在培养 ICT 专业人员从事未知未来工作的背景下。本研究中从三个主要利益相关者群体的角度全面了解通用技能的重要性，为全球教育工作者在提供和评估 ICT 学生最重要的通用技能方面采取进一步措施提供了基础。高等教育课程。研究问题：本研究解决了三个简单但重要的问题：1) 在招聘 ICT 应届毕业生时，他们更广泛的就业技能（通用/软/可转移技能）与特定的专业、技术或学术知识和技能相比，其重要性如何？毕业来吗？2) ICT 毕业生的哪些共通技能最重要？3) ICT 毕业生是否拥有最重要的通用技能？方法：研究是在克罗地亚进行的，通过对来自克罗地亚两所高等教育机构 (HEI) 的 155 名雇用 ICT 专业人员的雇主、208 名学生和 49 名教职员工进行在线调查。它得到了克罗地亚经济商会、克罗地亚雇主协会和克罗地亚独立软件出口商的支持。发现：研究结果表明：1）ICT毕业生的共通能力非常重要；2) 所有三个利益相关者群体都认可的三项最重要的技能是快速获取新知识的能力；在实际情况中应用知识的能力；和发现和解决问题的能力；3) 三个利益相关者群体对毕业生掌握通用技能的看法各不相同。