Exploring critical perspectives on labour market information through the lens of elite graduate recruitment

Bibliographic Data

ID21592467
AuthorsTom Staunton (0000-0001-6887-5493, The International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS) The University of Derby Derby UK, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume76
Issue2
Pages422-435
Publication date2022-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHigher Education Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0951-5224 • E-ISSN: 1468-2273
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/hequ.12309
OpenAlexW3134458254
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited24

This article provides a critical discourse analysis of how career is discussed on elite graduate recruitment websites. Building on previous work from Handley (2018, https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017016686031 ) and Ingram and Allen (2019, https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118790949 ) this article draws attention to how career is constructed, first, as something which graduates consume and, second, as a ‘liminal experience’ which transforms the graduates' identities and allows them to gain access to a new authentic self, now able to progress towards their personal goals. This ideological reading of careers information is different to traditional understandings of careers information in Higher Education research which focuses on the objective nature of information which can be used to support the rational decision making. Focussing on the ideology of career draws attention to the need for careers delivery, in Higher Education and beyond, to engage with more critical pedagogical approaches

Critical discourse analysis · Critical reading · Critical theory · Elite · Higher education · Ideology · Liminality · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Higher Education and Employability · Higher Education Governance and Development · Higher Education Practises and Engagement · Law

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