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The Employ-ability self-assessment tool and resources are available free of charge. You can explore a sample of the student report here.
Resources for students and educators can be uploaded to a learning management system (LMS) or downloaded for printing. The best results are seen when students start by creating a personalised employability profile report using the validated self-assessment tool. Students can access educational resources and create new profiles as often as they wish, entering via the student website.
There are lots of ways to make use of the resources. For example:
The perceived employability self-assessment tool enables students to create an in-depth, developmental profile report with personalised charts and links to dozens of resources. The tool can be embedded into the curriculum or communicated to students to use whenever they need it. Students decide whether or not to include their anonymised responses in the associated research dataset. Try the following:
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How to use the Developing Employ-ability resources
Employ-ability thinking is developed and sustained within existing classes and curricula using a 6-step process. Developed by educators, for educators, the tool and resources can be uploaded to a learning management system (LMS) or downloaded for printing.
The tool and resources are free of charge to the higher education community.
Students begin by creating a personalised employability profile report using an online self-assessment tool. They can return to the student website to use the resources and create new profiles as often as they wish.
Integrate the profile tool and resources in multiple ways:
1. Include the tool as a required reading;
2. Integrate the resources into an assessment task: for example, as a guided reflection before and after a work placement;
3. Integrate the resources into class activities: for example, to help students manage a team-based assignment;
4. Use the educator guides to create a career-related workshop.
The resources and personalised employability profile report are grounded in social cognitive theory and underpinned by a validated measure. Resources are shared using a Creative Common license. Aggregated profiles can be created for whole cohorts, and educators are encouraged to collaborate in scholarship and research arising from the Initiative.
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The starter kit, self-assessment tool and resources form part of a supported 10-step process to embed employ-ability thinking into the curriculum. Please review the 10-step process as you begin to plan.
Employ-ability student starter kit
The Employ-ability Student Starter Kit is an online resource which features a personalised employability profile tool alongside developmental resources on topics as diverse as teamwork, cover letters and networking.
By the end of April 2018, each student resource will have accompanying educator notes and an educator guide containing practical tips and contextual information. You can see an example here.
Every student resource is self-contained and includes sufficient information for agentic students to complete the resource on their own. Student resources also include a ‘make it count’ box which prompts students to transfer their learning into an employability outcome such as a new piece of evidence for their portfolio, a new statement for their CVs, or a commitment to action.
Personalised career profile
The first step in the student starter kit is for students to create a personalised Employ-ability profile using the online Employ-ability self-assessment tool. Students receive their pdf profile report straight away, and the profile highlights their level of confidence at that point in time. Students can re-create and look back at previous personalised profiles as often as they like; most employ-ability resources are included as embedded links. You can view a sample report here, and instructions for upload to your learning management system are here.
Employ-ability thinking uses a 10-step process and the student-facing Literacies for Life (L4L) model to engage students in the development of their future lives and work. The validated measure underpinning the self-assessment tool is grounded in social cognitive theory. You will find a brief description of the theoretical background here.
Enabling educators and careers specialists to embed employ-ability thinking within the existing curriculum.
Our student focussed resources empower students to shape their future work and career.
Developing employ-ability is the ability to create and sustain meaningful work across the career lifespan. The student starter kit is an online resource featuring a student-focussed, personalised employ-ability profile tool and developmental resources.