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Case Studies To Enhance Graduate Employability: Generalist Disciplines, Madelaine Judd, Cecily Knight, Caroline Lovell, Shelley Kinash, Linda Crane, Matthew Mclean, Kirsty Mitchell, David Dowling, Ros Schwerdt
Case Studies To Enhance Graduate Employability: Generalist Disciplines, Madelaine Judd, Cecily Knight, Caroline Lovell, Shelley Kinash, Linda Crane, Matthew Mclean, Kirsty Mitchell, David Dowling, Ros Schwerdt
Linda Crane
This is one in a series of case studies to enhance graduate employability. The theme of this case study is: • Generalist disciplines and employability This case study on the context of generalist disciplines is based on interviews and focus groups with 22 people across the stakeholder groups of employed graduates, students in internships, educators, career development professionals and employers from one business, three private institutions and five different universities. It also incorporates data from the surveys and in-depth interviews/ focus groups described above. Graduates from generalist disciplines are exposed to several disciplinary frameworks throughout their degree. In turn, graduates …
Case Studies To Enhance Graduate Employability: Government As Employer, Matthew Mclean, Shelley Kinash, Linda Crane, Madelaine Judd, Cecily Knight, Kirsty Mitchell, David Dowling, Ros Schwerdt, Caroline Lovell
Case Studies To Enhance Graduate Employability: Government As Employer, Matthew Mclean, Shelley Kinash, Linda Crane, Madelaine Judd, Cecily Knight, Kirsty Mitchell, David Dowling, Ros Schwerdt, Caroline Lovell
Linda Crane
This is one in a series of case studies to enhance graduate employability. The theme of this case study is: • Government as employer Governments of all levels are significant providers of employment in Australia. With staff nearing 160,000, the Australian Public Service (APS) stands out as one of the nation’s largest employers (Australian Public Service Commission, 2014). Not only this, the APS is among Australia’s most significant providers of graduate employment. The number of graduates joining the APS peaked in 2011-12 at 917 (Towell, 2014). While this number has reduced to 784 in 2012-13 and 712 in 2013-14, the …