An Exploration of Employability Competences of Greek Accountants: The Employers’ Opinion
Authors: Asonitou, Sofia 
Publisher: Springer
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2019
Conference: 7th International Conference "Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism" (ICSIMAT), 17-22 October 2018, Athenian Riviera, Greece 
Book: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference "Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism" 
Series: Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics
Keywords: Accounting, Employability, Employers, Greece, Skills
Abstract: 
The present study reports on the generic employability skills required by employers for a range of accounting and financial type positions in Greece. Despite the high unemployment rates in Greece, employers claim that they cannot find qualified employees who possess the proper abilities that allow them to become competitive and offer more value-added goods and services. This paper derives the competencies needed by employers from job ads on the most browsed career website in Greece by employing content analysis as the research method. This approach allows a close and accelerated method to define competencies needed with very short time delay and additionally shows how industry is moving towards digitalization. 550 ads were examined in detail and the related skills were identified and ranked according to the importance assigned from employers. Key findings display that there is no skills differentiation by employer while the top skills demanded by market place are IT and group working skills.
ISBN: 9783030124526
ISSN: 21987254
21987246
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12453-3_141
URI: https://uniwacris.uniwa.gr/handle/3000/1937
Type: Conference Paper
Department: Department of Business Administration 
School: School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences 
Affiliation: University of West Attica (UNIWA) 
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