A study of identifying competencies and employability skills for women in industry (case study: Esfahan Mobarakeh Steel)

Salehi Omran, Ebrahim; Rahmani Ghahdarani, Elahe

doi:10.22047/ijee.2013.2962

A study of identifying competencies and employability skills for women in industry (case study: Esfahan Mobarakeh Steel)

Document Type : Scientific - Research

Authors

Ebrahim Salehi Omran ¹

Elahe Rahmani Ghahdarani ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Education,Faculty of Humanity & Social Science, University of Mazandaran

² M.A in Educational Planning, Department of Education, Faculty of Humanity & Scocial Science University of Mazandaran,Babolsar, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2013.2962

Abstract

This study aimed to identify and assess the skills needed for better employment and participation of women in the industry. The study assessed competency models of training programs of Esfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company to revise the competencies required for employment of woman managers according to training program and competency models of these companies. This study also tried to list the most important and most basic skills and capabilities that women graduates of industrial sector need. This study is a survey and used questionnaires, documents and interview techniques. To collect data, all the directors of the study are selected. Participants in this study who filled in the questionnaires and took the interviews showed that they had the skills to work with computer, to wait on the clients, had the team work skills, as well as ICT skills, innovation and creative thinking ability in the environment, problem solving, reasonable job expectations, an understanding the objectives and policies, capability of training while working with managers of Esfahan Mobarakeh Steel Company. Among the skills mentioned, work with computer skills, client orientation and understanding the goals and policies of the organization are found to be more important. In addition, this study showed that it is required that women see training for working in adverse conditions.

Keywords

Employability Skills

competencies

Women

Industry

Training