Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Education
Business Graduate Employability – Where Are We Going Wrong?, Denise Jackson
Business Graduate Employability – Where Are We Going Wrong?, Denise Jackson
Denise Jackson
Persistent gaps in certain non-technical skills in business graduates continue to impact on organisational performance and global competitiveness. Despite business school’s best efforts in developing non-technical skills, widely acknowledged as fundamental to graduate employability, there has been considerably less attention to measuring skill outcomes and even less on their subsequent transfer to the workplace. It appears stakeholders are assuming transfer occurs automatically in graduates, neglecting the influence of learning program, learner and workplace characteristics on this complex process and its potential impact on graduate employability.
This paper unpacks the concept of transfer and proposes a model of graduate employability which …
Enhancing Graduate Attributes: A Preliminary Research Study, Eric Bates, Peter Hinch
Enhancing Graduate Attributes: A Preliminary Research Study, Eric Bates, Peter Hinch
Teaching Fellowships
The objective of this Teaching Fellowship research project was to establish whether graduate attributes should form part of student education within programmes offered by the Dublin Institute of Technology. This study was conducted during one semester and concentrated on one aspect of graduate attributes which were interview skills. Two videos were scripted, shot and edited that focused on interviews from the perspective of both the interviewer and the interviewee. These videos were showcased with lecturers whose feedback indicated that some improvements were required. Following those improvements the videos were shown to two student groups for feedback. The videos successfully provoked …
Business Graduate Employability – Where Are We Going Wrong?, Denise Jackson
Business Graduate Employability – Where Are We Going Wrong?, Denise Jackson
Research outputs 2013
Persistent gaps in certain non-technical skills in business graduates continue to impact on organisational performance and global competitiveness. Despite business school’s best efforts in developing non-technical skills, widely acknowledged as fundamental to graduate employability, there has been considerably less attention to measuring skill outcomes and even less on their subsequent transfer to the workplace. It appears stakeholders are assuming transfer occurs automatically in graduates, neglecting the influence of learning program, learner and workplace characteristics on this complex process and its potential impact on graduate employability.
This paper unpacks the concept of transfer and proposes a model of graduate employability which …