Employability Skills Valued by Employers as Important for Entry-Level Employees With and Without Disabilities

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-38

  Ju, Song ^a   Zhang, Dalun ^a   Pacha, Jacqueline ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brazos Valley Center for Independent Living   (United States)

Author keywords

career development; disability; employability; employer; expectation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860123810     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728811419167     Document Type: Article

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