Employability Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is employability
The character or quality of being employable
Skills, Knowledge, and Specialised Knowledge
What are some of the hidden assumptions about employability
Who has the responsibility of making you be employable?
If the market is not in a favourable position it may be tough to find a job
Social skills and who you know are extremely important
Macroeconomic benefits
More people working boosts the economy
Job Progression UK
Lots of people are in low paid jobs in UK, few have the chance for progression
What is upskilling
We need to activate the unemployed I.e. those that are not skilled or that have been out of work in order to contribute to the economy and make a positive impact on the labour market
Why is being stuck in a job considered bad for your CV
It shows complacency and resistance to change, but back in the day it showed loyalty
Shows change through the years
Academic accounts of employability (Supply-Side Perspective)
Focussed on the supplier of work I.e. people such as me. Focussed on skills/qualifications/work experience/placements/internships/training and education/presentation of self
Academic accounts of employability (Demand-Side Perspective)
Focussed on the supplier of work oppurtunities I.e. organisations and the general economic situation to allow someone to find a job. There are elements such as childcare, transport infrastructure, and employer preferences
Principle of potentiality
The assumption that we need to present that we are capable of becoming more than what we currently are if you engage with work and work itself with something that will free and liberate you
General employee facts
0 hour contracts have increased
Adult poverty has increased
Union participation has decreased steadily since 1995 (could be why there has been a loss in power of employees)
People are earning less while CEO pay rises
Median earnings are lower than 2008
Effects of individualisation
Encourages individuals to take responsibility for their career, skills, understanding job market, being flexible, finding opportunities
It also makes u ignore the precarity of others, discourages collective attention and fosters and ethos of submission to power
Heyes 2013
Training first approach introduced by the EU
Upskilling and reskilling is essential to ensure adaptability and employability
Moreau and Leathwood (2007) neglection of factors
Neglects the influence of social class, gender, ethnicity, race, age, disability
Peterie et al 2019 - unemployed emotions
What if the unemployed were not embarrassed and ashamed but openly and collectively angry?
Unemployed in Australia are ashamed by have to pretend they are okay in order to look desireable
Moreau and Leathwood (2007) - companies don’t train
Expect graduates to come out of university ready to work even if they didn’t traditionally require a degree
Jobs are available but some unemployed prefer to live off of benefits
Peterie et al 2019
Moreau and Leathwood (2007) graduates and lifelong learning
Lifelong learning - invest in yourself allows for adaptation in changing job market
Uk graduates in favourable position over non grads
Tarnoff - 2016
At its root neoliberalism is the idea that everything should be run as a business that market metaphors; metrics, and practices should permeate all fields of human life
