[Colin Jevons]

I love Doug’s example of the cake recipe, and Dawn’s comment that actual quantities only appeared in recipes until the 1950s (constraining creativity)… here’s the quote from the nauseating song from the 1960s or 70s

MacArthur’s Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don’t think that I can take it
‘Cause it took so long to bake it
And I’ll never have that recipe again
Oh no!

Read more: Richard Harris – Macarthur Park Lyrics | MetroLyrics

(Wikipedia says: “MacArthur Park” has been called the worst song ever written.[2] Its flowery lyrics and metaphors (notoriously likening lost love to a cake left out in the rain) have been described as “bloated” and “loopy.”[1]” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacArthur_Park_(song)

[Colin Jevons]

Employability is also NOT necessarily about good grades at uni.

[Colin Jevons]

Victorian State govt statement – VET-based, and too skills-based as opposed to person-based, (says Dawn, remember, this is not me being clever)

Employability skills
Employability skills are the “key skills and personal attributes you need to enter, operate
and thrive in the new world of work.” These are the transferable skills that we take with us
from one work situation to another, just like a tradesperson carries their toolbox.
Key skills are:
• communication;
• team work;
• problem solving;
• initiative and enterprise;
• planning and organising;
• self-management;
• learning skills; and
• technology.

[Colin Jevons]

“work” is not necessarily “jobs”. entrepreneurs are just one example; the gig economy can often be another.

[Colin Jevons]

Employability is a composite word. Employ and ability. The “ability” part is the more important.

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by Colin Jevons.

[Colin Jevons]

There is no single answer but we should distil some common threads

[Colin Jevons]

Must be done in partnership between careers professionals and academic staff

[Colin Jevons]

Employability is the means to create and sustain meaningful work across the career lifespan and in multiple contexts

Please note these are not my ideas I am taking dictation from Dawn!

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by Colin Jevons.

[Colin Jevons]

Employability is NOT:

– a job
– a piece of paper
– something that arrives magically at graduation
– a destination (it’s a journey)

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