Annotated Bibliography on Employability Skills of Graduates

This annotated bibliography provides insights into the issues related to the standards of recent graduates in the domain of specific skills which are unable to accomplish the industry standardization. It discusses the factors associated with the standards and value of graduation in recent times which fail to accomplish the professional as well as generic skills.

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1ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jackson, Denise. "Testing a model of undergraduate competence in employability skills
and its implications for stakeholders." Journal of Education and Work 27, no. 2 (2014): 220-
242. Retrieved from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
article=1009&context=ecuworks2012
This article explicitly discusses the issues related to the standards of recent graduates in
the domain of specific skills which are unable to accomplish the industry standardization. The
author of the article represents and evaluates a model of undergraduate proficient in employment
skills. The article identifies several factors associated with the standards and value of graduation
in recent times which fail to accomplish the professional as well as generic skills. The article
focuses on evaluation of institution-centric abilities frameworks have established a broad range
of various approaches to enhance the level of employment skill. Furthermore, it has been noted
that the most effective strategy is to entrench and examine the consequences through
fundamental, discipline-centric units which effectively concentrate the framework. The article
provides a well-established analysis on the collective implication of the life spheres pertaining to
the perceived ability of the undergraduates in specific employability competences. Furthermore,
the author provides a full evaluation of proposals whereby stakeholders engaged in the
undergraduate education system to assess their associations with student organizations by
emphasizing on cheaper membership options, improved accessibility to networking events and
distinctive accreditation standards which aim to develop the level of undergraduate skill
outcomes1.
1 Jackson, Denise. "Testing a model of undergraduate competence in employability skills and its
implications for stakeholders." Journal of Education and Work 27, no. 2 (2014): 220-242. Retrieved from
http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=ecuworks2012

2ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilton, Nick. "Do employability skills really matter in the UK graduate labour market?
The case of business and management graduates." Work, employment and society 25, no. 1
(2011): 85-100. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017010389244
The purpose of the article is to assess the way the higher education system of UK has
undergone a significant transition while advancing from influential to mass provision. The author
explicitly stated that the graduate labour market has been significantly changed both in the
constitution of the graduate labour supply along with wide range of occupations which graduates
subsequently enter. Certain factors have been distinguished which states the importance of
rationales which are demonstrated in the process of development of higher education by the
current administration of UK government that reflects the perception related to the investment in
human capital as well as enduring process of learning that is considered to be the groundwork of
global economy. However, it has been noted in the article that the transition to the collective
higher education system recognized by the policymakers as an essential tool through which an
allocation of potential knowledge employees in order to accomplish the rising rate of “high skill”
jobs in the economy. The strength of the article lies on the way the article assesses the levels of
reported ‘employability’ which serve a decisive role to the employment implications and aid in
surpassing the factors related to social disadvantage the students of business and management
domain tend to encounter2.
2 Wilton, Nick. "Do employability skills really matter in the UK graduate labour market? The case of
business and management graduates." Work, employment and society 25, no. 1 (2011): 85-100. :
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017010389244

3ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jackson, Denise. "An international profile of industry-relevant competencies and skill gaps
in modern graduates." International Journal of Management Education 8, no. 3 (2010): 29-
58. DOI:10.3794/ijme.83.288
The paper discusses the factors related to the way Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are
held liable to the soft skill paucity along with the current number of policies and regulation
which have their implications on the growth of collective skills and abilities. The author not only
focuses on the characteristics of competence level of the current graduate deficit in countries
namely UK, Australia and USA but further sheds light on the characteristics of uncertainty in the
understanding of the abilities emerging graduate population. The article further reviewed the
factors associated to ethics and social responsibilities which have been identified as fundamental
elements of management education which aims to focus on the consequences and complexities
of self-indulgence in the characteristics of business executives than the newly developed global
economic deficit. However, the author aims to distinguish that the lack of industry contribution
which does not have any significance to all disciplines such as finances, engineering and
medicine. The strength of the article is positioned on the importance stated by employers on
specific behavioural patterns pertaining to various business disciplines which tends to distinguish
the interrelationships between specific behaviours which evaluates the understanding on the
formation of conventional ability clusters purposed for business graduates. The article proves to
be a comprehensive one as it provides a generic interpretation of the competencies acquired by
the graduates in developed nations and further serves the way this understanding shed light on
the disparities in comprehending various competencies and skills3.
3 Jackson, Denise. "An international profile of industry-relevant competencies and skill gaps in modern
graduates." International Journal of Management Education 8, no. 3 (2010): 29-58. DOI:10.3794/ijme.83.288

4ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
De Villiers, Rouxelle. "The incorporation of soft skills into accounting curricula: preparing
accounting graduates for their unpredictable futures." Meditari Accountancy Research 18,
no. 2 (2010): 1-22. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rouxelle_De_Villiers/publication/
227429968_The_incorporation_of_soft_skills_into_accounting_curricula_preparing_accou
nting_graduates_for_their_unpredictable_futures/links/54aae4010cf2bce6aa1d79b2.pdf
The author of this article has explored the developing needs and demands of global
employers as well as business community in relation to the equilibrium between technical and
people skills which primarily focus on communication competence, business presentation
abilities and other interpersonal talents. The article states the way education level of accountants
and economics has encountered several issues and complexities related to course content or the
allocation or teaching techniques along with the employability and inclination of the graduates.
Certain factors have been identified in this paper which recognizes and comprehends two vital
conceptual spheres of competencies for business graduates and proficient of all levels. The
author sheds light on the importance of cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence to
demonstrate its importance for emerging graduates to acquire better jobs in the market. The
article further incorporates the reasons which enhance the importance of communication skills on
the successful attainment of roles and responsibilities. Furthermore, a higher rate of consensus
has been reflected in the paper among the academician and organization sector related to the c
vitality of communication or people skill abilities in order to determine the professional
accountants to effectively utilize knowledge and awareness that is obtained through proper
learning4.
4 De Villiers, Rouxelle. "The incorporation of soft skills into accounting curricula: preparing accounting
graduates for their unpredictable futures." Meditari Accountancy Research 18, no. 2 (2010): 1-22. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rouxelle_De_Villiers/publication/

5ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jackson, Denise. "Business graduate employability–where are we going wrong?." Higher
Education Research & Development 32, no. 5 (2013): 776-790.
10.1080/07294360.2012.709832
The purpose of this article is to assess the significant deficits existing in the arena if non-
technical skills in business graduates which further reveal a propensity to influence the level of
organizational performance as well as global competitiveness. It has been noted in the article that
the most effective competencies and activities demonstrated by well-established business
institutes have failed to attain considerable degree of awareness in order to evaluate the skills
results and even less on their ensuing transfer to the work domain. However, one of the vital
facets of this paper relies on the comprehensive insights of transfer and further incorporates
certain propositions related to a mechanism of graduate employability that integrates the process.
This proposed model leads to conclude the needs for the role and behavioural transition along
with the persistent change in the methodical evaluation of non-technical outcomes in university
as well as workplace settings5.
227429968_The_incorporation_of_soft_skills_into_accounting_curricula_preparing_accounting_graduates_for_thei
r_unpredictable_futures/links/54aae4010cf2bce6aa1d79b2.pdf
5 Jackson, Denise. "Business graduate employability–where are we going wrong?." Higher Education
Research & Development 32, no. 5 (2013): 776-790. 10.1080/07294360.2012.709832

6ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
References
De Villiers, Rouxelle. "The incorporation of soft skills into accounting curricula: preparing
accounting graduates for their unpredictable futures." Meditari Accountancy Research 18, no. 2
(2010): 1-22. Retrieved from
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rouxelle_De_Villiers/publication/
227429968_The_incorporation_of_soft_skills_into_accounting_curricula_preparing_accounting
_graduates_for_their_unpredictable_futures/links/54aae4010cf2bce6aa1d79b2.pdf
Jackson, Denise. "An international profile of industry-relevant competencies and skill gaps in
modern graduates." International Journal of Management Education 8, no. 3 (2010): 29-58.
DOI:10.3794/ijme.83.288
Jackson, Denise. "Business graduate employability–where are we going wrong?." Higher
Education Research & Development 32, no. 5 (2013): 776-790. 10.1080/07294360.2012.709832
Jackson, Denise. "Testing a model of undergraduate competence in employability skills and its
implications for stakeholders." Journal of Education and Work 27, no. 2 (2014): 220-242.
Retrieved from http://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=ecuworks2012
Wilton, Nick. "Do employability skills really matter in the UK graduate labour market? The case
of business and management graduates." Work, employment and society 25, no. 1 (2011): 85-
100. : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0950017010389244