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Graduate Work - Skills, Credentials, Careers, and Labour Markets (Hardcover)
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Graduate Work - Skills, Credentials, Careers, and Labour Markets (Hardcover)
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The expansion of Higher Education has been one of the most
important changes to affect Western labour markets. More than a
third of all British workers are now degree holders. The graduate
labour market is often understood as that part of the labour market
characterized by high skills and high knowledge intensity and that
is perceived to be needed and used in an increasingly complex
economy. Higher education is presumed to be the developer of these
advanced skills. Yet with the graduatisation of the workforce,
comes growing concerns about, as well as misunderstanding, of what
jobs graduates occupy, how they utilise their skills, and what the
role of education is within graduate work and the competition for
jobs. The book examines some of the assumptions placed on graduate
work, graduate jobs, graduate skills, and graduate careers. It
provides valuable insights how we can understand the meaning of
graduate work within a rapidly changing economic, technological,
and organizational context. Based on in-depth qualitative case
studies of software developers, financial analysts, laboratory
scientists, and press officers, the book shows that the graduate
labour market is more heterogeneous than often is understood. What
counts as graduate work remains contested and under constant
reinterpretation and re-negotiation. Access to work, job
performance, and career advancement are not necessarily driven by
university qualifications and skills associated with Higher
Education. The book begins to explore how and to what extent, those
workers with university degrees are defined by their educational
experiences, status, and qualifications.
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