Open AccessMicrocredential learners need quality careers and employability support
Author(s) -
Michael Healy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of teaching and learning for graduate employability
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.397
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1838-3815
DOI - 10.21153/jtlge2021vol12no1art1071
Subject(s) - employability , lifelong learning , quality (philosophy) , human capital , labour economics , public relations , business , management , political science , psychology , pedagogy , economics , economic growth , epistemology , philosophy
Providers, industry, and governments have embraced microcredentialing as a solution to the volatility and velocity of changes in labour markets, workplace competencies, and the needs of the 21st century lifelong learner (Oliver, 2019). However, microcredentials do not, in and of themselves, guarantee career or employment success. Seeking a microcredential is one adaptive career behaviour that people might enact in pursuit of their career goals (Lent & Brown, 2013). Similarly, holding a microcredential is one form of employability capital that people might highlight when seeking employment (Tomlinson & Anderson, 2020).