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Sally Smith; C. F. Smith – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
Being a graduate is no longer sufficient to secure a fulfilling and rewarding graduate role. This paper drew on Tomlinson's Graduate Capital Model to analyse the job-seeking narratives of recent computing graduates searching for a graduate job. Participants (n = 38), drawn from a national placement programme, were interviewed up to 12 months after…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Job Search Methods, Employment Potential
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Okay-Somerville, Belgin; Allison, I.; Luchinskaya, D.; Scholarios, D. – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
This article aims to examine alternative explanations of social disadvantage on the university-to-work transition experiences of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students. 'Becoming employable' during the university-to-work transition is reflected in three ways: students' cognition/patterns of thinking (i.e. perceived…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, STEM Education, Employment Potential
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Germain-Alamartine, Eloïse; Ahoba-Sam, Rhoda; Moghadam-Saman, Saeed; Evers, Gerwin – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Increased public investment in PhD education to drive innovation has led to a recent rapid growth in the number of PhD graduates. Academic labour markets have not developed at the same pace. An ever-larger share of the graduates is finding employment in industry. The transition from academia to industry is not always easy. The present study aims…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Doctoral Degrees, Graduates, Education Work Relationship