Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on “Employability of higher education graduates … special issue address six main areas related to the transition of graduates from education to the labour market: employment …, along with the disciplinarity and status of the self-perceived role of academics in supporting graduates’ careers. Findings …

of their role in preparing graduates for entry to the labour market. By providing a theoretical and empirical overview of … the functional role of HE institutions in preparing graduates for work, the paper designs an own research framework for … different study fields. The results are broadly compared with an international survey of graduates from 20, mainly European …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the school-to-work transition of graduates in different fields of … study, as well as to study programmes in three subsequent generations of graduates in the 2007 to 2009 period. The paper … focuses on graduates from the new Bologna-harmonised programmes and investigates their early career outcomes by comparing them …

in the job market since this experience is looked upon favorably by recruiters of college graduates for entry level … socialization. Hypotheses were tested using survey data from 131 college graduates participating in a Career Development Program …