ABSTRACT
Higher education providers around the world are assessed in terms of the employability of their graduates. Low graduate employment rates indicate that universities may not be doing their job properly. In response to these governmental quality assurance measures, universities have introduced policies that determine required graduate attributes and employability skills for their students. These are reflected in curriculum development and taught and assessed in the subjects that students study. Universities have also introduced comprehensive career services as a resource for students, prospective employers and teaching academics. This chapter offers an overview of employability research, resources and teaching approaches that will help your students to realise their employment goals. It also notes the ever-changing nature of the employment context. It’s difficult to prepare students for the unknown, so the chapter explores flexible teaching, learning and assessment strategies that enable students to create and curate evidence of their achievements in portfolios for presentation to future employers. These include evidence of universal and unchanging graduate attributes such as literacy and numeracy; teamwork, resilience and mental wellbeing; critical thinking; and global citizenship, which refers to an understanding of history, politics and international relations.
