The importance of developing employability attributes within university graduates is gaining rapid momentum in the UK. One reason for this is that employers in the UK are disappointed by the quality of graduates moving into the workforce; this sentiment has also been echoed by the UK Government. With this in mind, attempts have been made to identify general attributes that lead to employability...

This paper aims to conceptualise and operationalise an Employability Capital Growth Model (ECGM) via a systematic literature review of 42,558 manuscripts from Web Science Scopus databases published between 2016 2022 the fields graduate employability career development incorporating applied psychology, business, education, management. Two research questions are addressed. (1) How can addressing ...

The link between higher education and employment is central to the understanding of social stratification mobility. We use three theories analyse importance credentials in recruitment decisions European graduate labour markets: human capital (HC), network (NC) reputational (RC) theory. Latent class modelling was applied data from over 5,000 private-sector companies allow segmentation. results i...

The study was intended to investigate employability skills among University Graduate students and one of the specific purpose find out difference in between Science Arts students. Descriptive survey method employed for this study. Primary data were collected from 50 science arts G.M by standardised Employability Assessment inventory Larry Dershem, 2016 which has six skill domains, measured 24 i...

Abstract Limited scholarly work has been conducted on obtaining equal opportunities to participate in employability‐related programmes by international students while studying Australia. Drawing a qualitative study, 20 South Asian postgraduates were interviewed explore their experiences accessing programmes. Based the findings, graduates have experienced unequal as postgraduate They are disadva...

In the last three decades, role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in employability skill development has been emphasised UK national policy. Within same time frame, internationalisation emerged as a key strategy (HE), nationally and globally. However, connection between developing graduate is an understudied area research. This paper addresses identified gap extant literature by examining...

This research focused on how Information Technology (IT) Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) contribute to equip IT graduate employability, from the perspective of industry experts in Sri Lanka. The further identifies mismatches between HEIs’ contributions employability and demands after COVID 19 Thirteen semi structured interviews were conducted via zoom platform with representing major compani...

This paper draws on Lacanian psychoanalysis, to introduce employability as a cultural fantasy that organizes identity around the desire to shape, exploit and ultimately profit from an employable self. Specifically, the paper shows how individuals seek to overcome their subjective and material alienation by maximizing their self-exploitation through constantly enhancing their employability. This...