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Aljaaidi, K., Abdulmajeed, I., Bafaqeer, S & Habee, S. (2025). Mapping SDGs’ 4 and 8 through enhancing technological skills for students’ employability and establishing a software professional employability skills development program.International Journal of Data and Network Science, 9(1), 57-76.
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Prior, J., Laudari, S., & Leaney, J. (2019). What is the effect of a software studio experience on a student's employability? In Proceedings of the Twenty-First Australasian Computing Education Conference (pp. 28-36). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3285600.3285604
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Singh, A., & Alshammari, M. (2023). Advancing, empowering, and reshaping Saudi society through integrating e-learning technology into higher education. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(7), 178-187. https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.07.021
Singh, A., Singh, H. P., Alam, F., & Agrawal, V. (2022). Role of education, training, and E-learning in sustainable employ-ment generation and social empowerment in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 14(14), 8822. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148822
UN. (2016). THE 17 GOALS|Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development. Available online: https://sdgs.un.org/goals Venkatesh, V., Rabah, J., Lamoureux-Scholes, L., Pelczer, I., Urbaniak, K., & Martin, F. (2014). Development, Implemen-tation, and Evaluation of a Professional Skills Development Program: The Case of Concordia University's GradProSkills. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 44(3), 39-53.
Yusuf, N., & Jamjoom, Y. (2022). The role of higher education institutions in developing employability skills of Saudi gradu-ates amidst Saudi 2030 Vision. European Journal of Sustainable Development, 11(1), 31-31. https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2022.v11n1p31
Alam, M. J., Ogawa, K., & Islam, S. R. B. (2022). Importance of skills development for ensuring graduates employability: The case of Bangladesh. Social Sciences, 11(8), 360. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11080360
Alanazi, A. S., & Benlaria, H. (2023). Bridging higher education outcomes and labour market needs: A study of Golf Universi-ty graduates in the context of Vision 2030. Social Sciences, 12(6), 360. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12060360
Al-Bazaei, H. B. H. (2023). The Role of Saudi Universities in Supporting and Communicating with Graduates in Accordance with International Requirements. International Journal of Instruction, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2023.1611a
Aldossari, A. S. (2020). Vision 2030 and reducing the stigma of vocational and technical training among Saudi Arabian stu-dents. Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 12(1), 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40461-020-00051-6
Allmnakrah, A., & Evers, C. (2020). The need for a fundamental shift in the Saudi education system: Implementing the Saudi Arabian economic vision 2030. Research in Education, 106(1), 22-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/00345271.2020.1750895
Almutairi, M. M., & Hasanat, M. H. A. (2018, April). Predicting the suitability of IS students’ skills for the recruitment in Saudi Arabian industry. In 2018 21st Saudi Computer Society National Computer Conference (NCC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/NCC.2018.8381451
Alshammari, A. M., Alshammari, F. F., Thomran, M., & Altwaiji, M. (2023). Integrating technological knowledge into higher education curricula: An essential measure for attaining sustainable development in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 15(22), 15956. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152215956
Alshammari, K., Thomran, M., Alobaid, R., Grada, M., Alquhaif, A., Alshebami, A. S., ... & Al-Anazi, F. (2024). Cultivating Success: Unveiling the Influence of Higher Education Strategies on Information Technology Governance, Academic Excel-lence, and Career Prospects in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 16(12), 5025. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16125025
Alsughayer, S. A., & Alsultan, N. (2023). Expectations gap, market skills, and challenges of accounting education in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Accounting Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccedu.2023.100845
Avramenko, A. (2012). Enhancing students' employability through business simulation. Education+ Training, 54(5), 355-367. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400911211244669
Banasik, E., & Jubb, C. (2021). Are accounting programs future‐ready? Employability Skills. Australian Accounting Review, 31(3), 256-267. https://doi.org/10.1111/auar.12375
Bhatti, M. A., Mat Saat, S. A., Aleidan, M. M., Al Murshidi, G. H. M., Alyahya, M., & Juhari, A. S. (2022). Are business grad-uates’ employability skills and learning/teaching techniques universal? Exploring the role of culture: A comparative study among Australia, China, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 14(5), 3069. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14053069
Binyamin, S., Rutter, M., & Smith, S. (2019). Extending the technology acceptance model to understand students’ use of learning management systems in Saudi higher education. Journal of Educational Technology & Society, 22(2), 24-35. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26736876
Ebaid, I. E. S. (2021). Employers' perceptions of generic employability skills of accounting graduates: Evidence from Saudi Arabia. Journal of Management and Business Education, 4(2), 136-149. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5508031
Education & Training, Evaluation Commission (2023). National Qualifications Framework in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2nd Edition.
Gadi, N. H. (2021). The obstacles of women's employment in Saudi Arabia in the digital technology age. European Journal of Human Resource Management Studies, 5(1).
Haidar, F. T., & Al-Shorafa, A. J. (2023). Employers' Needs of Accounting Graduates Skills in the Saudi Labor Market: Ana-lytical Study. Journal of Organizational Behavior Research, 8(1-2023), 286-296. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7947450
Hassock, L., & Hill, C. (2022). Employability and employment: The role of higher education in a rapidly changing world. In Higher education and job employability (pp. 155-178). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74593-4_9
Idkhan, A. M., Syam, H., & Hasim, A. H. (2021). The Employability Skills of Engineering Students: Assessment at the Uni-versity. International Journal of Instruction, 14(4), 119-134. https://doi.org/10.29333/iji.2021.1448a
ILO. (2016). Decent Work and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. International Labour Organisation. Available online: https://www.ilo.org/global/topics/sdg-2030/lang--en/index.htm
Isa, M. U., Kamin, Y. B., Salihu, Y. I., Shuaibu, H., & Cledumas, A. M. (2020). Enhancing Employability Skills of Woodwork Technology Education Students through Project Based Learning at Colleges of Education (Technical) in Nigeria. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 8(9A), 31-40. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2020.082905
Kovács, I. (2021). Digital marketing soft skills and university students’ perceptions of employability. GiLE Journal of Skills Development, 1(1), 25-36. https://doi.org/10.5277/GJSD210102
Kumar, N. S., Haque, M. I., & Venugopal, K. (2019). Employment challenges in Saudi Arabia: An attitudinal study. Entrepre-neurship and Sustainability Issues, 6(4), 1637-1646. https://doi.org/10.9770/jesi.2019.6.4(16)
Mahajan, R., Gupta, P., & Misra, R. (2022). Employability skills framework: a tripartite approach. Education+ Training, 64(3), 360-379. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-09-2021-0145
Metilda, R. M., & Neena, P. C. (2017). Impact of digital technology on learning to enhance the employability skills of busi-ness management graduates. The Online Journal of Distance Education and E-Learning, 5(2), 35-41. DOI: 10.24059/olj.v5i2.981
Nurunnabi, M. (2017). Transformation from an oil-based economy to a knowledge-based economy in Saudi Arabia: the direc-tion of Saudi vision 2030. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 8, 536-564. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-016-0385-4
Olivares, S. L., Adame, E., Treviño, J. I., López, M. V., & Turrubiates, M. L. (2020). Action learning: challenges that impact employability skills. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 10(1), 203-216. DOI: 10.1108/HESWBL-02-2019-0028
Oraison, H., Konjarski, L., & Howe, S. (2019). Does university prepare students for employment?: Alignment between gradu-ate attributes, accreditation requirements and industry employability criteria. Journal of Teaching and Learning for Grad-uate Employability, 10(1), 173-194. https://doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2019vol10no1art785
Pereira, E. T., Vilas-Boas, M., & Rebelo, C. C. (2019). Graduates’ skills and employability: The view of students from differ-ent European countries. Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, 9(4), 758-774. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-01-2019-0012
Pitan, O. S., & Muller, C. (2020). Student perspectives on employability development in higher education in South Africa. Ed-ucation+ Training, 63(3), 453-471. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-10-2018-0236
Prior, J., Laudari, S., & Leaney, J. (2019). What is the effect of a software studio experience on a student's employability? In Proceedings of the Twenty-First Australasian Computing Education Conference (pp. 28-36). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3285600.3285604
Quadri, N. N., Muhammed, A., Sanober, S., Qureshi, M. R. N., & Shah, A. (2017). Barriers affecting successful implementa-tion of e-learning in Saudi Arabian universities. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (Online), 12(6), 94. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v12i06.7268
Sayaf, A. M., Alamri, M. M., Alqahtani, M. A., & Al-Rahmi, W. M. (2021). Information and communications technology used in higher education: An empirical study on digital learning as sustainability. Sustainability, 13(13), 7074. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137074
Singh, A., & Alshammari, M. (2023). Advancing, empowering, and reshaping Saudi society through integrating e-learning technology into higher education. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(7), 178-187. https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.07.021
Singh, A., Singh, H. P., Alam, F., & Agrawal, V. (2022). Role of education, training, and E-learning in sustainable employ-ment generation and social empowerment in Saudi Arabia. Sustainability, 14(14), 8822. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148822
UN. (2016). THE 17 GOALS|Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development. Available online: https://sdgs.un.org/goals Venkatesh, V., Rabah, J., Lamoureux-Scholes, L., Pelczer, I., Urbaniak, K., & Martin, F. (2014). Development, Implemen-tation, and Evaluation of a Professional Skills Development Program: The Case of Concordia University's GradProSkills. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 44(3), 39-53.
Yusuf, N., & Jamjoom, Y. (2022). The role of higher education institutions in developing employability skills of Saudi gradu-ates amidst Saudi 2030 Vision. European Journal of Sustainable Development, 11(1), 31-31. https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2022.v11n1p31