Career readiness and advancement

Overview

Career readiness is an underpinning from which students and graduates demonstrate the competencies that are required to succeed in the transition to the Graduate Labour Market and to support lifelong career management. Career readiness provides a framework for embedding curricular and extracurricular career-related goals and outcomes. For employers, career readiness plays an important role in recruiting talent, providing a way of identifying key skills and abilities and offers employers a framework for developing talent鈥 (National Association of Colleges and Employers, 2024).

Career readiness at the 亚色视频

In the context of the 亚色视频, career readiness refers to the 鈥榩reparedness鈥 of graduates to secure and succeed in paid work. It encompasses a combination of competencies, namely skills, knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours that enable graduates to navigate and develop their careers effectively. Career readiness includes technical skills specific to a particular profession or industry, as well as soft skills such as communication, critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving, and professionalism. Additionally, being career-ready involves having a clear understanding of one's strengths, interests, and career goals, as well as the ability to adapt to changing workplace demands, dynamics and technologies. Career readiness can be cultivated through education, work experience, and ongoing professional development.

A dedicated Course Audit and Planning toolkit is available for academics to support identification of potential employability gaps and planning within the curriculum. (See 鈥淐urriculum Framework: Careers and Employability 鈥 Course Audit and Planning Toolkit鈥, available via the

Approaches to measuring career readiness

  • Assessments: Evaluate proficiency in relevant professional and power skills required for the industry sector of interest.

  • Work based/work related learning performance:

    • Employer feedback: Gain feedback from employers who have already worked with or employed graduates to determine the student's preparedness and performance (where relevant) in the workplace.

    • Portfolio review: Evaluate the quality of students鈥 portfolios showcasing projects, experiences and achievements relevant to their chosen career paths.

    • : Utilise standardised tests or certifications relevant to chosen industry sector to measure technical competence.

    • : Encourage students to reflect on their own strengths, weaknesses and career goals to assess their career readiness.

    • : Evaluate student鈥檚 ability to build professional connections, engage in networking events and communicate effectively with industry professionals.

  • A holistic approach within the curriculum, the utilisation of specific pathways within , engagement with , extra and co-curricular employability activities (i.e. participating in a ) can all provide a comprehensive understanding of a students鈥 career readiness