Table 6 T-test results: The mean number of skills mentioned in the CVs for work experience possessed/training attended and non-work experience/training.
From: Employability skills of accounting students: What do their CVs tell us?
Pre-graduation work experience and internships programb | Training coursesb | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Items | Yes N = 109 | Non N = 62 | \(t\) | \(P\) value | Diff (have—not have)a | Yes N = 122 | Non N = 49 | \(t\) | \(P\) value | Diff (have—not have)a |
SS | Soft Skills | ||||||||||
1 | Communication | 0.716 | 0.613 | 1.351 | 0.179 | No Sig. diff. | 0.705 | 0.612 | 1.135 | 0.260 | No Sig. diff. |
2 | Ability to work under pressure | 0.624 | 0.710 | −1.152 | 0.251 | No Sig. diff. | 0.697 | 0.551 | 1.754 | 0.083 | No Sig. diff. |
3 | Teamwork | 0.615 | 0.581 | 0.435 | 0.664 | No Sig. diff. | 0.656 | 0.469 | 2.219 | 0.029 | Sig. diff. |
4 | Time management | 0.505 | 0.516 | −0.144 | 0.885 | No Sig. diff. | 0.525 | 0.470 | 0.650 | 0.517 | No Sig. diff. |
5 | Organization | 0.422 | 0.516 | −1.186 | 0.237 | No Sig. diff. | 0.492 | 0.367 | 1.498 | 0.138 | No Sig. diff. |
6 | Active Learning | 0.440 | 0.419 | 0.265 | 0.791 | No Sig. diff. | 0.500 | 0.265 | 2.998 | 0.003 | Sig. diff. |
7 | Negotiation | 0.450 | 0.339 | 1.435 | 0.154 | No Sig. diff. | 0.451 | 0.306 | 1.799 | 0.075 | No Sig. diff. |
8 | Adaptability | 0.294 | 0.403 | −1.432 | 0.155 | No Sig. diff. | 0.377 | 0.224 | 2.044 | 0.043 | Sig. diff. |
9 | Problem-solving | 0.229 | 0.290 | −0.880 | 0.380 | No Sig. diff. | 0.262 | 0.224 | 0.513 | 0.609 | No Sig. diff. |
10 | Leadership | 0.202 | 0.242 | −0.609 | 0.543 | No Sig. diff. | 0.246 | 0.143 | 1.613 | 0.110 | No Sig. diff. |
11 | Creativity | 0.165 | 0.274 | −1.619 | 0.108 | No Sig. diff. | 0.230 | 0.143 | 1.368 | 0.174 | No Sig. diff. |
12 | Critical thinking | 0.101 | 0.113 | −0.244 | 0.807 | No Sig. diff. | 0.131 | 0.041 | 2.155 | 0.033 | Sig. diff. |
TOTAL | 0.418 | 0.397 | 0.491 | 0.624 | No Sig. diff. | 0.439 | 0.318 | 2.692 | 0.008 | Sig. diff. | |
HS | Hard skills | ||||||||||
1 | Use of computer | 0.844 | 0.694 | 2.194 | 0.030 | Sig. diff. | 0.836 | 0.673 | 2.151 | 0.035 | Sig. diff. |
2 | Microsoft Office | 0.807 | 0.694 | 1.622 | 0.108 | No Sig. diff. | 0.828 | 0.612 | 2.756 | 0.008 | Sig. diff. |
3 | English language proficiency | 0.615 | 0.758 | −1.988 | 0.049 | Sig. diff. | 0.713 | 0.551 | 1.959 | 0.042 | Sig. diff. |
4 | Software Proficiencies | 0.541 | 0.419 | 1.535 | 0.127 | No Sig. diff. | 0.541 | 0.388 | 1.819 | 0.071 | No Sig. diff. |
5 | Data visualization | 0.138 | 0.145 | −0.136 | 0.892 | No Sig. diff. | 0.156 | 0.102 | 0.911 | 0.364 | No Sig. diff. |
TOTAL | 0.542 | 0.589 | 1.030 | 0.304 | No Sig. diff. | 0.615 | 0.465 | 3.156 | 0.002 | Sig. diff. | |
