Employability in higher education: what it is, what it is not

By Mantz Yorke *. 2006

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Employability: A review of the literature 2012-2016 (2017, background): “Indeed, Yorke (2006) makes very explicit that employability is a work in progress throughout one’s working life.”
Rethinking graduate employability: the role of capital, individual attributes and context (2018, background): “…questioned the extent to which current strategies are an effective means of developing transferable employability skills (Cranmer 2006; Holmes 2013; Yorke 2006) and have challenged the two main strategies adopted by universities to build and enhance graduate employability – the incorporation of…”
Engineering students’ experiences of transition from study to work (2010, background): “themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy” [2] catches the complexity and diversity of the concept.”
Enacting strategies for graduate employability: How universities can best support students to develop generic skills (2016, background): “…graduate employability (SP13-3258) 11 personal attributes – that makes graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations” (Yorke, 2006, p. 8); and “a set of skills, knowledge, understanding and personal attributes that make a person more likely to choose and…”
Employability: review and research prospects (2015, background): “Other researchers (Andrews & Higson, 2008; Bridgstock, 2009; Moreland, 2006; Yorke, 2006; Yorke & Knight, 2003) have focused more specifically on the ability for higher education to offer graduates the skills required by the labor market, through dedicated programs or internships.”
Student identity development in higher education: implications for graduate attributes and work-readiness (2014, background): “…a range of these skills; the aim is to produce graduates who demonstrate ‘a set of achievements – skills, understandings and personal attributes’ (Yorke 2004, 7) that will enable them to function within a rapidly changing work environment and to contribute to a range of employer requirements…”
Summative co-assessment: A deep learning approach to enhancing employability skills and attributes (2014, background): “…and sought by prospective employers (Barnett and Coate, 2005; CBI, 2011; Gravells, 2010; Hinchliffe and Jolly, 2011; Knight, 2006; Knight and Yorke, 2002; Lees, 2002; Moon, 2004; Yorke, 2004) were evident in this service-learning course, although previously they had not been overtly acknowledged.”
Generic Skills in Audit Education (2011, background): “…both a specific discipline and also: A set of achievements—skills, understandings and personal attributes—that makes graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations, which benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy (Yorke, 2006, p. 8).”
Redefining graduate employability and work-integrated learning: Proposals for effective higher education in disrupted economies (2015, background): “Definitions and models abound on just what graduate employability is and how it might be conceived (Yorke, 2004; Little, 2006; Pool & Sewell, 2007).”
Assessment literacy and student learning: the case for explicitly developing students ‘assessment literacy’ (2013, background): “This framework, and work by others (Boud 2000; Braxton 2000; Rust, O’Donovan, and Price 2005; Yorke 2005a, 2005b) suggests that, for students to have a sense of control over their own learning, formative assessment practices must help them develop the skills needed to monitor, judge and manage…”
The undergraduate self-perception of employability: human capital, careers advice, and career ownership (2019, background): “Skills are positioned as a central element of human capital to employability (Jackson and Chapman 2012; Knight and Yorke 2004).”
Employing discourse: universities and graduate ‘employability’ (2010, background): “Yorke defines employability as ‘a set of achievements – skills, understandings and personal attributes – that makes graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations’ (Yorke 2006, 8).”
Impact of participation in extra-curricular activities during college on graduate employability: an empirical study of graduates of Taiwanese business schools (2014, methodology): “…of the UK defined employability as “a set of achievements – skills, understandings and personal attributes – that makes graduates more likely to gain employment and succeed in their chosen occupations, and which thus benefits themselves, the workforce, community and economy” (Yorke 2006, 8).”
Graduate attributes as a focus for institution-wide curriculum renewal: innovations and challenges (2013, background): “In the UK, similar emphases prompted initiatives such as progress files and personal development planning (Jackson, 2001; Knight & Yorke, 2006; Strivens, 2007).”