Exploring critical perspectives on labour market information through the lens of elite graduate recruitment

Abstract

This article provides a critical discourse analysis of how career is discussed on elite graduate recruitment websites.

Towards a critical realist theory of labour market information

“…This has the potential to open up the interrogation of LMI to more creative and detailed theoretical analysis (e.g. Staunton, 2021).…”

“…That said, Milosheva et al (2021) and Staunton and Rogosic (2021) have argued that opportunity awareness and the linked content of labour market information (LMI) have been paid comparatively little attention in the careers literature. Staunton and Rogosic (2021) go on to argue that LMI has been under-theorised, and that traditional understandings of LMI often link with matching theory and logical positivism, as well as a lack of focus on the links between LMI and social justice (Staunton and Rogosic, 2021;Staunton 2021). This article develops this argument with a particular focus on critical realist theory as a starting point to understand what is LMI.…”