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Capturing stakeholder perceptions of graduate capability development: Challenges associated with Graduate Employability Indicators

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Whelan, Barbara
Oliver, Beverley
Hunt, L.
Hammer, S.
Jones, S.
Pearce, A.
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2010
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Whelan, Barbara and Oliver, Beverley and Hunt, Lynne and Hammer, Sara and Jones, Sandra and Pearce, Amanda. 2010. Capturing stakeholder perceptions of graduate capability development: Challenges associated with Graduate Employability Indicators, in Campbell, M. (ed), Australian Collaborative Education Network (ACEN) National Conference 2010, Sep 27 2010, pp. 498-506. Perth, WA: Australian Collaborative Educational Network (ACEN) Inc.
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ACEN National Conference 2010. Conference Proceedings. Work Integrated Learning (WIL): Responding to Challenges
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ACEN National Conference 2010. Work Integrated Learning (WIL): Responding to Challenges
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This paper reports on the use of the Graduate Employability Indicators, a suite of three online surveys for graduates, employers and members of the course teaching team, developed through the ALTC Project Building Course Team Capacity for Graduate Employability. The surveys were administered to graduates, employers and faculty staff for accounting and public relations/communications courses at four Australian universities in early 2010. Strategies used to identify and engage employers are discussed along with the impact that these strategies had on the total responses. Factors the ALTC Project Team found important were identifying and collating employer contacts, sending out reminder emails and establishing personal contact with stakeholders wherever possible. The paper also presents the lessons learnt through this survey process that may apply to activities undertaken by other researchers.