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Title: | Introduction: Applicant work-readiness and graduate employability challenges in the Asia Pacific | Contributor(s): | Burgess, John (author); Cameron, Roslyn (author); Dhakal, Subas (author) ; Brown, Kerry (author) | Publication Date: | 2018 | DOI: | 10.4324/9781315533971-1 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27891 | Abstract: | This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book outlines a contemporary labour market policy challenge for many countries, both developed and developing, in the Asia Pacific region. It discusses the definition and conceptualization of job readiness and identifies the attributes and competencies that contribute to developing job readiness. The book then provides a more detail around analytical framework for identifying and positioning stakeholders in the job transition process. The countries are: Australia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. It also outlines the responses and policies that are being implemented in each country to improve graduate work-readiness. The book provides a synopsis of the issues and initiatives across the multiple stakeholders and the Asia Pacific region and presents a research agenda around work-readiness and graduate employability for the future. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | Transitions from Education to Work: Workforce Ready Challenges in the Asia Pacific, p. 3-15 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | London, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 9781138691759 9781315533964 9781315533940 9781315533971 1315533979 1315533960 1315533944 1138691755 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 150312 Organisational Planning and Management | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 350711 Organisational planning and management | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930502 Management of Education and Training Systems | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 160204 Management, resources and leadership | HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | WorldCat record: | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1025308331 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1097095172 |
Series Name: | Routledge Advances in Management and Business Studies | Series Number : | 74 | Editor: | Editor(s): Roslyn Cameron, Subas Dhakal and John Burgess |
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