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Table 1

Nine forms of employability capital

ID	Theme	Definition
1	Social Capital	The resources an individual gains via establishing and nurturing relationships through networks with various other individuals and groups, leading to enhanced self-perceived employability via an understanding of values, norms, and practices
2	Cultural Capital	The influence of the situations experienced by an individual leading to the accumulation of culturally valued knowledge to determine one’s self-perceived employability and functionality within the labor market
3	Psychological Capital	The characteristics of an individual that determine ‘who you are’, building on social cognitive theory and positive psychology, to offer a personal resource for enhancing self-perceived employability and navigating volatile and global labor market environments
4	Personal Identity Capital	How prospective employers and others judge an individual based on their background and the associated signals they present. Personal identity capital can enhance or detract from other forms of capital, but an individual’s agency is restricted by external systems
5	Health Capital	An accumulation (or lack) of resources related to the mental and physical state of an individual, including health dimensions within and outside of their control that impact their self-perceived employability and ability to perform a job
6	Scholastic Capital	The resources from pre-university education, university education, and additional professional qualifications that cumulatively determine self-perceived employability
7	Market-Value Capital	The cumulative resources from experiences gained from the labor market combined with technical and personal skills that determine self-perceived employability
8	Career Identity Capital	The cumulative resources from engaging in reflective practices, seeking career counseling, and adopting personal agency to increase one’s ability to signal their self-perceived employability to prospective employers
9	Economic Capital	An individual’s access (or lack of) to material resources and the associated money that can be generated directly or indirectly from these resources to enhance one’s self-perceived employability

ID	Theme	Definition
1	Social Capital	The resources an individual gains via establishing and nurturing relationships through networks with various other individuals and groups, leading to enhanced self-perceived employability via an understanding of values, norms, and practices
2	Cultural Capital	The influence of the situations experienced by an individual leading to the accumulation of culturally valued knowledge to determine one’s self-perceived employability and functionality within the labor market
3	Psychological Capital	The characteristics of an individual that determine ‘who you are’, building on social cognitive theory and positive psychology, to offer a personal resource for enhancing self-perceived employability and navigating volatile and global labor market environments
4	Personal Identity Capital	How prospective employers and others judge an individual based on their background and the associated signals they present. Personal identity capital can enhance or detract from other forms of capital, but an individual’s agency is restricted by external systems
5	Health Capital	An accumulation (or lack) of resources related to the mental and physical state of an individual, including health dimensions within and outside of their control that impact their self-perceived employability and ability to perform a job
6	Scholastic Capital	The resources from pre-university education, university education, and additional professional qualifications that cumulatively determine self-perceived employability
7	Market-Value Capital	The cumulative resources from experiences gained from the labor market combined with technical and personal skills that determine self-perceived employability
8	Career Identity Capital	The cumulative resources from engaging in reflective practices, seeking career counseling, and adopting personal agency to increase one’s ability to signal their self-perceived employability to prospective employers
9	Economic Capital	An individual’s access (or lack of) to material resources and the associated money that can be generated directly or indirectly from these resources to enhance one’s self-perceived employability

Source(s): Authors work, Donald et al. (2024, p. 7)