Employers and Graduates: The Mediating Role of Signals and Capitals

Autor/inn/en	Tomlinson, Michael; Anderson, Valerie
Titel	Employers and Graduates: The Mediating Role of Signals and Capitals
Quelle	In: Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 43 (2021) 4, S.384-399 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Tomlinson, Michael) ORCID (Anderson, Valerie)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-080X
DOI	10.1080/1360080X.2020.1833126
Schlagwörter	Employer Attitudes; College Graduates; Job Applicants; Human Capital; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Recruitment; Personnel Selection; Selection Criteria; Expectation; Organizational Culture; Personality Theories; Employment Interviews; Employment Potential; Employment Qualifications; Work Experience; Labor Market; Professional Identity; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitgeberinteresse; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Bewerber; Humankapital; Sozialkapital; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Selection criterion; Auslesekriterium; Expectancy; Erwartung; Unternehmenskultur; Personality theory; Persönlichkeitstheorie; Employment interview; Employment interviewing; Einstellungsgespräch; Bewerbungsgespräch; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	This article provides evidence and insight on the demand-side of graduate employment and selection through an investigation of employers' conceptions of what constitutes hireable and employable graduates. Drawing on evidence from a qualitative study with a diverse range of employers in the UK, the article shows that employers understand graduates' employability to encompass a complex mix of key resources, understood here as capitals, that enable graduates to present a compelling narrative of employability. Departing from conventional graduate skills approaches, the article integrates signaling and socio-cultural approaches for examining the ways in which capitals operate as signals that inform employer conceptions of which graduates are perceived to be most hireable and ultimately employable. A range of human, organisational-cultural and identity capitals enhance the value of graduates' profiles and provide signaling information that enables employers to screen graduate potential in competitive and crowded labour markets. (As Provided).
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