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.

摘要

本文通过调查雇主对什么构成可雇用和可就业毕业生的概念，为毕业生就业和选择的需求方面提供证据和见解。根据对英国不同雇主的定性研究的证据，该文章表明雇主了解毕业生的就业能力，包括关键资源的复杂组合，这里被理解为资本，使毕业生能够展示令人信服的就业能力. 与传统的毕业生技能方法不同，本文整合了信号和社会文化方法，以检查资本作为信号的运作方式，这些信号告知雇主概念，哪些毕业生被认为是最可雇用和最终可就业的。一系列的人类，