%0 Journal Article %A Herbert, Ian %A Lambert, Stephanie %D 2018 %T Digital globalisation and graduate careers: Work-readiness as the new frontier [short version] %U https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Digital_globalisation_and_graduate_careers_Work-readiness_as_the_new_frontier_short_version_/5863590 %R 10.17028/rd.lboro.5863590.v1 %2 https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/ndownloader/files/10415784 %K work readiness %K shared services centre model (SSC) %K Middle-office jobs %K Employability skills %K Education %K Higher Education %K Labour Economics %X
Work-readiness employability
• Middle-office jobs which provide the formative experience to professional careers are being
offshored.
• Employers report that talent-pipelines into mid-level, knowledge-based roles are drying up!
• Higher education has raised employability levels, but the bar has been raised again. In a
digitally-connected world, work can be moved to the ‘cheapest place on earth’!
• Graduates now need to be employable to get the job, and also work-ready to do the job in the
face of declining graduate training programmes and overseas competition.
• Universities have an ethical responsibility to ensure that their students can compete in a
global market and build sustainable careers.
%I Loughborough University