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graduate employability
/ˈɡrædʒuːət ɪmˌplɔɪəˈbɪləti/GRAD·uate em·PLOY·a·BIL·i·ty
the likelihood that graduates will gain and sustain employment because of their skills and attributes
Examples
“Universities are under pressure to improve graduate employability through internships and career services.”
“Employers often assess graduate employability by looking at problem-solving and communication skills.”
“A higher graduate employability rate boosts a university's reputation.”
Band 8 sentence
“To boost graduate employability, the department redesigned modules to include industry placements and assessed transferable skills explicitly.”
Collocations
- improve graduate employability
- enhance graduate employability
- graduate employability skills
Word family
Common mistakes
The university focuses on graduates employability.→The university focuses on graduate employability.
They want to increase the graduate's employability.→They want to increase graduates' employability.
Say it for a higher band
5getting a job→6career readiness→7+graduate employability
Synonyms
career readiness
Easily confused
employment rate
“The institution reported a higher employment rate this year, but employers still questioned the graduates' employability.”
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