Developing career management competencies among undergraduates and the role of work-integrated learning

Autor: Denise Jackson, Nick Wilton
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Teaching in Higher Education. 21:266-286
ISSN: 1470-1294
1356-2517
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2015.1136281
Popis: This paper explores undergraduate capabilities in career self-management and the influence of work-integrated learning (WIL). Career management competencies are an important aspect of individual employability and impact on wellbeing, graduate job attainment and long-term career success. Enhanced competencies among graduates can assist Faculty in achieving strong employment outcomes and support industry partners who wish to employ graduates able to self-manage their career pathways effectively amid flatter organisational structures and greater employee mobility. Our findings indicate that business undergraduates at one UK and one Australian university consider themselves reasonably proficient in career self-management yet variations exist across the different dimensions of self-awareness, opportunity awareness, decision-making learning and transition learning. Participation in work placements and study and employment characteristics influenced certain elements of career self-management. Our study h...
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