High Skills Utilisation under Mass Higher Education: Graduate Employment in Service Industries in Britain.

Mason, Geoff

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ERIC Number: EJ662232

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Publication Date: 2002

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High Skills Utilisation under Mass Higher Education: Graduate Employment in Service Industries in Britain.

Mason, Geoff

Journal of Education and Work, v15 n4 p427-56 Dec 2002

In Britain, the retailing, computer services, transportation, and communications industries have hired increasing numbers of college graduates, both because of demand for skills and oversupply of graduates. This has contributed to temporary and permanent job upgrading through expansion of tasks and responsibilities in certain jobs. (Contains 14 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Development, Job Skills, Labor Supply, Personnel Selection, Service Occupations, Underemployment

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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