Employability analysis in professional education Camila Silveira and

Employability analysis in professional education Camila Silveira and Valerio Salomon

Employability analysis in professional education • • • Introduction Literature review Hypothesis Research design Results Limitation and conclusions 2

Introduction • Under unfavorable economic scenarios, companies need to decrease their costs • HR are often one the first resources to cut • HR planning helps managers to identify changes needed and the utilization of employees • Classification of employees is a fundamental problem in HR research 3 Employability analysis in professional education

Introduction • Uncertainties bring a dilemma to HR managers – Shall a employment be terminated? – Which employee shall be put in layoff or even fired? 4 Employability analysis in professional education

Literature review • Employability is the employee ability to keep the current job or to get a desired one • Three dimensions facilitate the identification and concretization of career opportunities Personal adaptability Career Identity Employability Social and Human Capital 5 Employability analysis in professional education

Literature review Simple in construct Natural to intuition and general thinking AHPbased model is: Encourage compromise and consensus building Adaptable to both groups and individuals Not require inordinate specialization to communicate 6 Employability analysis in professional education

Hypothesis • A multi-criteria model may support HR managers in the sad decision to select an employee to be fired • AHP overall priorities may provide an employability index 7 Employability analysis in professional education

Research design Criterion Definition Experience Previous experience in different companies Time in company How long employee works in the company Salary Monetary value Performance Employee performance in their assignments Multi-skilling Ability to act in the segment Key programs Employee connection with important resources for the company Education Level of formal education 8 Employability analysis in professional education

Research design Criterion C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 Priority Experience (C 1) 1 3 5 1/3 1/5 6. 0% 1 3 1/9 1/7 1/9 2. 8% 1 1/7 1/5 1/7 2. 2% 1 3 1/2 20. 9% 1 1/3 11. 6% 1 1 28. 1% Time in company (C 2) Salary (C 3) Performance (C 4) Multi-skilling (C 5) Key programs (C 6) Education (C 7) 9 Employability analysis in professional education

Results Alternative C 1 C 2 0. 22 1 E 2 C 3 1 C 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 Priority 0. 91 0. 75 0. 08 0. 38 0. 56 0. 55 0. 47 0. 97 1 0. 19 1 0. 71 E 4 0. 44 1. 73 0. 50 0. 94 0. 25 0. 19 0. 08 0. 39 0. 11 0. 36 0. 45 0. 97 0. 50 0. 19 0. 45 0. 47 E 5 0. 33 1 E 6 0. 51 0. 86 0. 25 0. 08 0. 30 0. 67 0. 27 0. 53 1 0. 50 1 0. 45 0. 73 E 7 0. 44 1 E 3 E 8 E 9 E 10 0. 49 0. 93 0. 50 1 0. 45 0. 73 0. 44 0. 36 0. 53 0. 94 0. 25 0. 19 0. 08 0. 35 1 0. 09 0. 58 0. 89 0. 25 0. 19 0. 45 0. 47 0. 44 0. 36 0. 56 0. 95 0. 50 0. 19 0. 08 0. 38 10 Employability analysis in professional education

Results 11 Employability analysis in professional education

Limitations • This is presentation was based on an ongoing research • Judgment on criteria priorities were collected with other company managers • Next step include, group decision making, and comparisons with ANP and DEA • An extended version shall be submitted to Int. J. Info. Tech. and Dec. Making 12 Employability analysis in professional education

Thank you for your attention Camila. A. Silveira@Hotmail. com Valerio. Salomon@Hotmail. com Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grant 2016/04307 -1 13 Employability analysis in professional education