...Megha Mohan; Pooja Sharma; Leo Paul Dana Purpose This study intends to promote social sustainability by addressing the shifting skill expectations for recent graduates in response to changing employer demands within the industry 5.0 framework. It tries to identify the best combination of socially...

...Sílvia Monteiro; Sandra Santos; José Nuno Teixeira; Leonor Torres; José Palhares Purpose Graduates’ employability has been recognised as a complex and multidimensional phenomenon in the theoretical literature. However, some critics have emerged around the lack of relation between structural...

...Kelly Benati; Sophie Lindsay; Jacqueline O'Toole; Juan Fischer Purpose To gather insight into how graduating business students are preparing for the workplace and their future careers and how this has been impacted by COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach In total, 144 business students...

...Carla Freire; Iris Barbosa Purpose The purpose of this article is to compare graduates' score rates in two multiple mini-interview (MMI) stations designed to assess graduates from several academic areas: confidant vs stress interview and synchronous vs asynchronous. This relates to three...

...Paulina Hojda; Sylwia Roszkowska; Mariusz Trojak Purpose The study aims to examine the factors that determine the success of graduates in the labour market. This success is measured in several ways, namely, above-average wages in the economy, employment in accordance with the field of study...

... of graduates to the job market. Design/methodology/approach This is a quantitative study based on the National Statistical Survey of Graduate Employment (SGE) conducted by the Russian Federal State Statistic Service (Rosstat) in 2016. Statistical methods of data analysis were used (logistic regression...

...Sam Jan Cees Krouwel; Anna van Luijn; Marjolein B.M. Zweekhorst Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a practical model for the evaluation and adaptation of educational programmes in order to incorporate employability development focussed on enabling graduates to self-manage...

...Sílvia Monteiro; Maria do Céu Taveira; Leandro Almeida Purpose In a socioeconomic context that is undergoing continuous change, career adaptability emerges as a central construct for understanding the employability of graduates. The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to analyze intra...

... of the value of a degree by students; its contribution to the hidden curriculum; and the importance of practical experience. The research also adds to the field by considering the value of a self-determined learning approach to developing the capabilities and competencies of graduates. This approach...

... of bivariate techniques. Findings The evidence suggested here indicates that EE programmes provide value both in terms of helping to enable business start-ups and also in supporting other career paths, through the enterprising knowledge and skill sets graduates acquire during their specialised studies...

...Taran Thune; Liv Anne Støren Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an empirically based discussion of how cooperation between higher education institutions and work organisations (WOs) can increase graduate learning experiences and employability. Design/methodology/approach...

...Professor Harry Matlay; Liv Anne Støren Purpose – The paper examines the proportion of higher education (HE) graduates in Norway who have undertaken different forms of entrepreneurship education and how comprehensive the entrepreneurship education has been. The purpose of this paper...

...Joanna Poon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited real estate courses in the UK have equipped real estate graduates with sufficient relevant employability skills to embark on a career in the profession. This paper...

...Afreen Huq; David H. Gilbert Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible benefits of a work‐based learning (WBL) model in “social entrepreneurship” for enhancing graduate employability and an appreciation for “responsible” entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach Pre...

...Thomas Clarke; Christopher Bajada; Rowan Trayler Purpose A modern business graduate is expected to have strong disciplinary skills as well as the soft skills of communication and team work. However today's business graduate needs to be more than the traditional “I‐shaped” graduate of the past...

...Zainalabidin Mohamed; Golnaz Rezai; Mad Nasir Shamsudin; Muhammad Mu’az Mahmud Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Basic Student Entrepreneurial Programme (BSEP) among local university graduates who have undergone the training programme in entrepreneurship...

.... The synergy caused by this inter‐mingling cannot help but impact on employers, sectors and higher education institutions. Research limitations/implications Data around the “older” graduate is not readily available – there is still an implicit belief that “graduate” means approximately 21/22 years old...

... as they transition into the graduate labour market. The findings highlight the benefits to mentors and mentees and the challenges for ensuring participant engagement and ongoing development. The article concludes with an agenda for further mentoring developments in the midst of the dynamic challenges facing UK...

...Naureen Durrani; Vicki N. Tariq Purpose The purpose of this article is to explore the role and importance of numeracy skills in graduate recruitment within a diversity of employment sectors. Design/methodology/approach The results of a mixed‐methods study, involving three online surveys...

... and the entrepreneur) from a PhD study of 18 case studies/life stories of graduate entrepreneurs and their experiences of enterprise education from one university. Findings It is found that graduates who start their own businesses are reluctant to call themselves “entrepreneurs”; they question the meaning...