Re-conceptualising graduate employability: the importance of pre-professional identity
Re-conceptualising graduate employability: the importance of pre-professional identity
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DOI：
10.1080/07294360.2016.1139551
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Jackson, Denise
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作者：
Jackson, Denise
尽管努力扩大毕业生就业能力的概念，但总体重点仍然是培养与行业相关的就业技能。然而，基于技能的方法过于狭隘，无法充分体现毕业生工作准备的复杂性。本文主张通过拥抱职业前身份（PPI）的形成来重新定义毕业生的就业能力。 PPI 涉及对学生预期职业的技能、素质、行为、文化和意识形态的理解和联系。实践社区模型被用来展示如何在大学期间开发 PPI。在这里，学生通过多种会员资格以及与高等教育实践领域内各个社区的不同程度的参与来了解他/她的预期职业。示例社区包括专业协会、学生社团、职业服务机构和雇主。讨论了对利益相关者的影响。
Despite efforts to broaden the concept of graduate employability, there remains an overarching focus on developing industry-relevant employability skills. The skills-based approach is, however, too narrow and does not fully capture the complexity of graduate work-readiness. This paper argues for the redefining of graduate employability by embracing pre-professional identity (PPI) formation. PPI relates to an understanding of and connection with the skills, qualities, conduct, culture and ideology of a student's intended profession. The communities of practice' model is drawn upon to demonstrate how PPI can be developed during university years. Here, a student makes sense of his/her intended profession through multiple memberships and differing levels of engagement with various communities within higher education's landscape of practice'. Example communities include professional associations, student societies, careers services and employers. Implications for stakeholders are discussed.