Preparing skilled and knowledgeable
workforce that fits the labor market requires continued
collaboration between education and work. Examining
educators' and employers' perceptions on technical and
non-technical skills may result in improving the quality of
the graduates to compete on the level of the local as well
as the global labor market. If workforce education is to be
effective, work preparation cannot be restrained to
technical content alone, but must also equip students with
employability skills as well (Gray and Herr, 1998). Data for
this study was collected via a validated and reliability
tested questionnaire. The survey included three
employability skills domains: fundamental skills, personal
management skills, and teamwork skills.The study concluded
with a discussion that includes comparing the results to the
literature, comparing the assumptions to the findings of
this study, and recommendations and implications for
educators and the curriculum, for employers, and for future
research along with the limitations of this
study