a model of graduate employability & an employability impact measure
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A Model of Graduate Employability
& An Employability Impact Measure
Peter Sewell
Futures
ESCALATE Conference
2nd June 2009
In this presentation I will…
Introduce you to the new model of graduate employability
Explain how the model can be used in a practical way
Introduce a measure of Employability impact
For some, it is simply about ‘getting a job’.
Graduate first destinations statistics.
Increasingly being used interchangeably with ‘enterprise’
which in turn is confused with ‘entrepreneurship’.
What is employability?
Yorke & Knight’s (2004) USEM model
Understanding
Skills (or Skillful practices)
Efficacy beliefs
Metacognition
Models of employability
“Employability is having a set of skills, knowledge,
understanding and personal attributes that make a
person more likely to choose and secure occupations in
which they can be satisfied and successful.”
(Dacre Pool & Sewell, 2007)
Employability – a definition
The essential components of graduate employability
Reflection and Evaluation
Providing students with the opportunities to gain the
necessary skills, knowledge, understanding and
attributes is obviously important, but so too is providing
opportunities for reflection on and evaluation of the
learning experiences that have taken place.
Personal Development Planning.
Model Components
CareerEDGE a new model of graduate employability
(Dacre Pool & Sewell, 2007)
Reflection and Evaluation
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lf-Effic
acy
Employability
Career Development Learning
Experience (Work & Life)
Degree Subject Knowledge, Understanding & Skills
Generic Skills
Emotional Intelligence
CareerEDGE - The Key to Employability
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nce
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lf-Este
em
CareerDevelopmentLearning
Experience(Work & Life)
DegreeSubject Knowledge, Understanding & Skills
GenericSkills
EmotionalIntelligence
Being used as the model to inform the new ‘Futures’
programme at UCLan
The framework for our contribution to the UCLan-SIFT project
Contributing framework for the Pan-European EU funded FS-
Biotech Employability Project
The development of an employability measurement tool
Future developments…
Allows the student and their counsellor to:
Identify development needs
Track progress
Allows tutors and managers to assess the impact of employability
development activities within a course or module
This in turn can help to compare the effectiveness of particular
programmes
The Employability Development Profile
Designed for:
Ease of use
Brevity
Clarity
The Employability Development Profile
Employability Development Profile
Bennett, N; Dunne, E & Carré , C (1999). Patterns of core and generic skills provision in higher education, Higher Education, Vol 37, pp 71-93.
Dacre Pool, L & Sewell, P (2007). The Key to Employability. Developing a practical model of graduate employability. Education + Training, Vol 49, No 4, pp 277-289.
Goleman, D (1998). Working with emotional intelligence. Bloomsbury, London.
Hillage, J & Pollard, E (1998). Employability: Developing a Framework for Policy Analysis. Research Brief No 85. London, Department for Education and Employment.
Knight, P & Yorke, M (2004). Learning, Curriculum and Employability in Higher Education, RoutledgeFalmer, London.
Mayer, J D, Salovey, P & Caruso, D R (2004). Emotional Intelligence: Theory, Findings and Implications. Psychological Inquiry, Vol 15, No 3, pp 197-215.
Pascale, R (1995). In search of the new employment contract, Human Resources, November/December, pp 21-6. Cited in RothIll, A & Arnold, J (2007), Self-perceived employability: development and validation of a scale. Personnel Review, Vol 36, No1, pp 23-41.
Rajan, A; Van Eupen, P; Chapple, K & Lane, D (2000). Employability: Bridging the Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality, First Report: Employer’s Perspective, Create Consultancy/Professional Development Foundation, London. Cited in RothIll, A & Arnold, J (2007), Self-perceived employability: development and validation of a scale. Personnel Review, Vol 36, No1, pp 23-41.
The Pedagogy for Employability Group (2004). “Pedagogy for Employability”.
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