Employability skills and the notion of ‘self’

Haasler, Simone R.

doi:10.1111/ijtd.12012

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“…The EAS has 35 items that appraise employability, organized in five dimensions: protective employment behaviors, employment risk, job-seeking behavior, self-control, and self-learning. Our findings can be used by researchers, human resource services, and social workers to examine the employability of workers/unemployed people and design intervention programs (Haasler, 2013 ; European Commission, 2016 ).…”

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Employability Appraisal Scale (EAS): Development and Validation in a Spanish Sample

2018

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Employability is an important issue in the labor context. Currently, the European Union presents employability as the path to full employment and active citizenship, and a strategy to reduce unemployment and poverty. This study develops and validates an Employability Appraisal Scale. Specifically, we propose a multidimensional employability scale that analyzes both individual indicators and personal circumstances from the Bioecological Model of Employability. The Employability Appraisal Scale (EAS) assesses personal and social dimensions of employability. It was developed and tested using data from 489 people from a very heterogeneous sample (precarious workers, professionals, prisoners, long-term unemployed, socially excluded, etc.). Results provide evidence for the multi-dimensional structure and validity of the EAS. This scale is a valid and reliable instrument to measure employability, and it provides criteria for interpreting scores. Finally, we present theoretical and practical implications of the EAS for social and labor integration, job transition, and career development. Our findings have positive implications for identifying effectiveness indicators in training programs, and they contribute to designing intervention policies to increase employability.

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Employability Appraisal Scale (EAS): Development and Validation in a Spanish Sample

2018

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“…El filtro principal fue utilizar palabras de búsqueda escritas en español, direccionando los resultados hacia trabajos realizados en países de habla hispana, tomando en cuenta que el tema ha sido desarrollado con mayor intención en países como Estados Unidos, donde el inglés es la lengua oficial. De esta forma se ayuda parcialmente a controlar aspectos derivados del enfoque cultural (Haasler, 2013). 2.…”

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Educación para la empleabilidad: enfoque de la investigación educativa

Gómez

2019

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Existe interés en círculos académicos por discutir el papel de las universidades en la preparación de estudiantes para el empleo y desarrollo de competencias para la empleabilidad. Este interés parte de los altos índices de desempleo entre jóvenes profesionistas en algunos países. Este artículo tiene como propósito documentar avances logrados respecto a la investigación educativa con enfoque en empleabilidad. Con base en una metodología cualitativa de análisis de contenido, se examinaron 46 artículos arbitrados sobre educación para la empleabilidad. Los resultados señalan seis categorías de temas en los trabajos de la muestra respecto a la labor que se lleva a cabo en universidades para fomentar la empleabilidad. Estas categorías son: competencias transversales para la empleabilidad, equidad, fomento a la empleabilidad, internacionalización, programas educativos y mercado laboral. Estas seis categorías representan oportunidades para la docencia, servicio institucional e investigación. Las implicaciones se discuten desde la perspectiva de las aportaciones de Boyer y otros que argumentan en favor de la articulación de funciones del profesorado.

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“…Recent research focuses on identifying ‘employability skills’ and those personal and transferable competences and attitudes that can increase an individual's employment chances by helping them to deal effectively with changes in the labour market (e.g. Fugate & Kinicki, ; Gokuladas, ; Griffin & Annulis, ; Haasler, ; Sung et al ., ; Van der Heijde & Van der Heijden, ). Accordingly, some personal attributes seem to be particularly critical for employability, such as resilience, anticipation and optimization, flexible cognition, entrepreneurship, career self‐efficacy, meaning making and openness to change.…”

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The role of perceived workplace development opportunities in enhancing individual employability

Martini

Cavenago

2016

Int J Training Development

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This paper explores the effects on workers’ employability of workplace development opportunities during employment as perceived by the workers themselves. Data was collected through a survey conducted in 2012 in Italy using a sample of 558 workers. The aim was to test the effects of participation in training courses, workplace learning opportunities and career development support on career development in 2013. Results show that the main predictors of subjective career success are related to the career development support provided by supervisors, including mentoring and career counselling, and workplace learning opportunities provided through processes of job enrichment, job enlargement and job rotation. By contrast, participation in training courses does not bring any significant effects. The study also reveals that employees’ opportunities for increasing their employability in the workplace depend on a number of personal and occupational characteristics. The study reaches the conclusion that firms can play a significant role in enhancing the career success of an individual and that employability can been encouraged by a mix of on‐the‐job workplace development opportunities.

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Employability skills and the notion of ‘self’

Cited by 18 publications

References 23 publications

Employability Appraisal Scale (EAS): Development and Validation in a Spanish Sample

Employability Appraisal Scale (EAS): Development and Validation in a Spanish Sample

Educación para la empleabilidad: enfoque de la investigación educativa

The role of perceived workplace development opportunities in enhancing individual employability

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