TY - CHAP
T1 - Pursuing employability
T2 - A journey more than a destination
AU - Letts, Will
N1 - Includes bibliographical references.
PY - 2019/8/12
Y1 - 2019/8/12
N2 - Employability has been broadly and variably conceptualised, but for the purpose of this chapter I’ll use as an indicative definition that employability is the preparation, capabilities and agency of a person to act positively in the creation, maintenance and pursuit of her/his ongoing employment options, situation and future directions (Higgs, 2016). Bennett (2018) frames employability developmentally as “the ability to find, create and sustain meaningful work across the career lifespan”, noting that it’s a way of thinking and doing, not just doing. Bridgstock (2019) conceptualises “Employability 2.0” as the “social network applications of particular relevance to university graduates … [including]: (i) innovation and enterprise; (ii) career development and employment generation; and (iii) lifelong professional learning”(p. 98). Higgs and Cloutman (2019) point out that employability is both a conceptual and an experiential construct that involves not just the student/learner/jobseeker, but also a constellation of educators, employers, practitioners and fellow students/learners/jobseekers.
AB - Employability has been broadly and variably conceptualised, but for the purpose of this chapter I’ll use as an indicative definition that employability is the preparation, capabilities and agency of a person to act positively in the creation, maintenance and pursuit of her/his ongoing employment options, situation and future directions (Higgs, 2016). Bennett (2018) frames employability developmentally as “the ability to find, create and sustain meaningful work across the career lifespan”, noting that it’s a way of thinking and doing, not just doing. Bridgstock (2019) conceptualises “Employability 2.0” as the “social network applications of particular relevance to university graduates … [including]: (i) innovation and enterprise; (ii) career development and employment generation; and (iii) lifelong professional learning”(p. 98). Higgs and Cloutman (2019) point out that employability is both a conceptual and an experiential construct that involves not just the student/learner/jobseeker, but also a constellation of educators, employers, practitioners and fellow students/learners/jobseekers.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9789004418684
SN - 9789004418691
VL - 2
T3 - Practice Futures
SP - 82
EP - 88
BT - Education for employability
A2 - Higgs, Joy
A2 - Letts, Will
A2 - Crisp, Geoffrey
PB - Brill | Sense
CY - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
ER -