Len Holmes: The Graduate Identity Approach

The Graduate Identity Approach
The chief proponent of the graduate identity approach, Len Holmes, suggests that “key skills” are inappropriate analytical frameworks for investigating graduate employability. Instead, Holmes argues that the “employable graduate” is a social construct and an understanding of employability requires a detailed investigation into the construction of graduate identities. The graduate identity approach looks closely at the transition from the classroom to the workplace. The successful graduate is an individual who can negotiate the social forces permeating the classroom and the workplace and, thereby, is successful in negotiating the transition from the former to the latter. In the workplace, Holmes emphasize the research