the potential for obtaining and keeping fulfilling work through the development of skills that are transferable from one employer to another. Employability is affected by market demand for a particular set of skills and by personal circumstances. Employees may take responsibility for developing their own employability through learning and training, or, as part of the psychological contract, employers may assist their employees in enhancing their employability. An important factor in employability is the concept of lifelong learning.
From the executive summary: ‘The Webcast contains a panel discussion in which the panelists deliberate on the ways and strategies to integrate technical, employability, and academic skills in career and technical education in different institutions and agencies. The panel engages in a dialogue about why integration is important; what skills...
Disability issues have become more visible in public policy over the past few decades. Depending on how one defines "Disability", there are between 2.5 and 4.8 million Canadians with disabilities. These numbers are steadily increasing as the population ages. In addition, proportionally more people with disabilities live below the poverty...
From the executive summary: ‘The Webcast discusses the importance of three different skill sets: technical, employability, and academic skills in career and technical education in different institutions and agencies. The discussion focuses on the relative benefit of technical and academic skills in modern career and technical education. The same suggests...
LONDON, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The City University, London, famed for its links with the City and for its graduate employability record, has appointed Professor Malcolm Gillies as its new Vice-Chancellor. LONDON, January 16 /PRNewswire/ -- ...
In a highly competitive market, it's essential to take a proactive role in guaranteeing one's own "employability." Keeping a job requires the same war mentality that is used in the war for talent. And incidentally, not only will it help to stay employed, but it will also make the company...
Large-scale retirement in most industrialized countries among people born in the 1940s and 1950s, who currently represent the second largest segment of the work force, will begin within the next five years. Industries are required to plan for the anticipated lack of resources with proactive HR policies. This article offers...
This paper is part of an ongoing study to understand the knowledge services outsourcing industry, a nascent and promising industry that is still trying to define its domain and business models. It examines the basic premise that India's vast, skilled labor force will attract a large portion of the global...
Author Yate said as people continue to move into a global economy, anything that sets them apart from the competition will secure the employability and make them more flexible. But one must take the initiative. He or she must choose courses and programs that are relevant. If you are not...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs plays a central role in increasing the employability of disabled persons. It operates a number of mainstream and disability specific programmes including programmes for vocational training, employment services and self-employment. This Ministry also chairs the Office of the Committee for the Rehabilitation of...
UK skills are rarely out of the spotlight -- ever since Tony Blair promised to prioritise "education, education, education", the government's done everything skills-related in triplicate, to the extent that it's created a skills 'quangocracy'. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills, chaired by BT's Sir Michael...
Persons with disabilities experience significant challenges in their ability to achieve employment, acquire skills and locate long range career opportunities. These challenges complicate and limit access to a productive, economically and socially rewarding work life. This paper is an examination of the employment and employability of persons with disabilities in...
StreetWise Partners SWP, the national volunteer-driven nonprofit that helps to improve corporate social responsibility and provide access to employment networks for low-income job-seekers, will recognize graduates from its Lehman Brothers Young Adult Career Ventures Program today, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. in New York City. The socially-responsible program is the...
Management experts believe that leadership could be the number one strategic concern of businesses in the 21st century. As companies change with the times, so do the people who lead them. The question this article tries to address is what exactly needs for fixing them? Employers can no longer guarantee...
"The Mismanagement of Talent" Oxford University Press, is provocative book by British HR researchers Anthony Hesketh, Phillip Brown and Sara Williams. The main focus of their research was on how university graduates managed their employability in the competition for 'fast track' managerial positions, specifically, large multi-national companies or leading public...
Economy-driven layoffs have already begun, more will follow. Will you be one of them? Harvard Business Review editor Diane Coutu believes she has a formula to help you keep your job while others around you are losing theirs. It goes like this: ...
One of the toughest aspects of managing a team is having to let a team member go, especially a long-standing one. When you have spent the time training someone, gotten used to their personality foibles and signed their birthday card with clever little witticisms a few times, it becomes tougher...
CollegeRE: CollegeSociety, right or wrong, tends to be fairly superficial in its evaluations of people... You have a degree or you do not. You graduated high school or did not.... etc. The real need is for people with a little experience who are passionate about being lifelong learners. College degrees...
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