LLLC1396
Employability in a Changing World

Employability and universities

• • Costea, B, Amiridis, K. and Crump, N. 2012. Graduate Employability and the Principle of Potentiality: An Aspect of the Ethics of HRM. Journal of Business Ethics. 111(1), pp. 25-36. [Online]. [Accessed 19 August 2019]. Available from: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs10551-012-1436-x.pdf
  • Dacre-Poole, L. & Sewell, P. 2007. The Key to Employability: Developing a practical model of graduate employability. Education and Training. 49(4), pp. 277-289
  • Pegg, A., Waldock, J., Hendy-Isaac, S., Lawton, R. 2012. Pedagogy for Employability. York: The Higher Education Academy. [Online]. [Accessed 21 September 2020]. Available from: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/pedagogy-employability-2012 
  • Robinson, S. 2005. Ethics and Employability. York: Higher Education Academy. [Online]. [Accessed August 19 2019]. Available from: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/ethics-and-employability
  • Weinert, P. et al. (eds). 2001. Employability: from theory to practice. New Brunswick; London: Transaction Publishers. pp. 3-24. 
  • The changing world of work
  • Donkin, R. 2010. Leadership, Teamwork and Collaboration. The future of work. Hampshire; New York: Palgrave, pp. 162-183.  [Accessed 16 August 2019]. Available from:https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991001563619705181&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1 
  • Komlosy, A. 2020. 2018. Work: The Last 1000 Years. London: Verso
  • Morgan, J. 2014. The future of work : attract new talent, build better leaders, and create a competitive organization. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. [Online]. [Accessed 16 August 2019]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991012482889705181&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1
  • Nolan, 2007. Into the New Century: The changing terrain for Work and Employment. In: Baldry, C., Bain, P., Taylor, P., Hyman, J., Scholarios, D., Marks, A., Watson, A., Gilbert, K., Bunzel, D., Gall, G. (eds). The Meaning of Work in the New Economy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 27-49. 
  • Simms, M. 2019. Introduction. In: What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Future of Work? Series: What do we know and what should we do about. SAGE: London. 
  • Suzman, J. 2020.  Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time. London: Bloomsbury.   
  • Taylor, L. 2020. The Meaning of work. BBC. 16th December. [Online – radio]. Online]. [Accessed 16 September 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000q8z9

   

• Technology and the work place

  • Benanav, A. 2020. Automation and the future of work. London: Verso. 
  • Benjamin, R. 2019. Race after technology: abolitionist tools for the new Jim code. Newark: Polity Press
  • Brown, E. 2020. Supercharged Sexism: The Triple Threat of Workplace Monitoring for Women. [Online]. [Accessed October 11 2021]. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3680861
  • Institute for the Future of Work. 2021. The Amazonian era: how algorithmic systems are eroding good work. [Online]. [Accessed 16 September 2021]. Available from: https://www.ifow.org/publications/the-amazonian-era-how-algorithmic-systems-are-eroding-good-work 

  • Lennefer, T., Lopper, E., Wiedemann, A., Hess, U. Hoppe, A. Chen, P. 2020. Improving Employees' Work-Related Well-Being and Physical Health Through a Technology-Based Physical Activity Intervention: A Randomized Intervention-Control Group Study Journal of occupational health psychology. 25 (2), pp.143-158

  • Modern Times. 1936. Charlie Chaplin, dir. USA: United Artists. [Film – Online] [Accessed September 16th 2021]. Available from: https://youtu.be/6n9ESFJTnHs
  • Mueller, G. 2021. Breaking things at work: The Luddites were right about why you hate your job. London: Verso. 
  • Schwab, K. 2016. The Fourth Revolution. [Online]. [Accessed 21 September 2020]. Available from: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/ 

   

• The workplace here and now

  • Benanav, A. 2021. Service work in the pandemic economy. International labor and working class history. 99 p.66-74
  • Brito, L. The Hand of cleanliness: Black women and the politics of domestic work during the Coronavirus pandemic. [Online]. [Accessed 15 July 2021]. Available from: https://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/our-blog/the-hand-of-cleanliness-black-women-and-the-politics-of-domestic-work-during-the-coronavirus-crisis-by-luciana-brito-phd 
  • Clark, I. 2021. Employment law reform timeline. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.morton-fraser.com/knowledge-hub/employment-reform-timeline
  • Lord, P. 2020. Changing world, changing work. 15 (4), pp.407-415
  • Cox, J. 2021. Why worker loyalty is at breaking point. BBC. July 26th. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210721-why-worker-loyalty-is-at-a-breaking-point
  • Mason, R. 2020. UK workers need right to disconnect amid ‘overtime epidemic’, says report. The Guardian. August 15th. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/15/uk-workers-need-right-to-disconnect-amid-overtime-epidemic-says-report
  • Partington, R. 2021. UK job vacancies hit record high of 1m as payrolls rebound to pre-Covid levels. The Guardian. 14th September. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/14/uk-payrolls-covid-job-vacancies-hotels-pubs-restaurants-staff
  • Office for National Statistics. 2021. Employment in the UK: July 2021. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/employmentintheuk/july2021

   

• Alternative worlds of work

  • Bregman, R and Manton, E. 2016. Utopia for realists : the case for a universal basic income, open borders, and a 15-hour workweek . Amsterdam: The Correspondant, pp. 33-74 
  • Marks, A. 2021. Why the four day week is not the solution to work-place stress. The Conversation. September 14th. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://theconversation.com/
  • James, S. 2020. I founded the Wages for Housework campaign in 1972 – and women are still working for free. The Independent. 8th March. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/international-womens-day-wages-housework-care-selma-james-a9385351.html
  • Myska, S. 2020. The Employment Conundrum. July 23rd, 21.30. [Radio -Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l0qz
  • Weeks, K. 2011. The problem with work. Feminism, Marxism, anti-work policies and post-work imaginaries. London: Duke University Press, pp.151-173 . [Online]. [Accessed August 19 2019]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991013499089705181&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1 
  • Stone, J. 2020. Leeds becomes largest city in UK to call for universal basic income pilot. The Guardian. 17th September. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/leeds-becomes-largest-city-uk-call-universal-basic-income-pilot-b468654.html

   

• Flexible working / work contracts

  • CIPD. 2015. The future of family friendly working. [Online: Podcast]. [Accessed September 16th 2021]. Available from: https://soundcloud.com/cipd/podcast-99-the-future-of-family-friendly-working
  • Ernest & Young. 2021. Work re-imagined. [Online]. [Accessed September 16th 2021]. Available from: https://www.ey.com/en_us/real-estate-hospitality-construction/work-reimagined-employee-survey-2021-the-real-estate-implication  
  • Partington, R. 2021. ‘Deafening silence’: UK government blasted over delays to employment reforms. [Online]. [Accessed 16 September 2021]. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/feb/18/deafening-silence-uk-government-delays-covid-employment-reforms-legislation
  • Taylor, M. 2017. Good Work: the Taylor review of modern working practices. [Online]. [Accessed 16 September 2021]. Available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627671/good-work-taylor-review-modern-working-practices-rg.pdf  
  • Timewise Solutions. 2018. A Manifesto for change: a modern workplace for a flexible workforce. [Online]. [Accessed August 31 2018]. Available from: https://timewise.co.uk/what-we-do/research/manifesto-for-change-modern-workplace-for-flexible-workforce/ 
  • UK Parliament. Employment Bill: Commitees call on Government to bring forward workers' rights plans. [Online]. [Accessed 16th September]. Available from: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/164/work-and-pensions-committee/news/155513/employment-bill-committees-call-on-government-to-bring-forward-workers-rights-plans/ 

   

• Health and wellbeing at work

  • Billion Dollar Deals and How They Changed Your World, Work, BBC2. 02:30 09 November 2017 [TV clip - Online]. [Accessed September 16th 2021]. Available from: https://login.learningonscreen.ac.uk/wayfless.php?entityID=https%3A%2F%2Fpassport01.leeds.ac.uk%2Fidp%2Fshibboleth&target=https%3A%2F%2Flearningonscreen.ac.uk%2Fondemand%2Findex.php%2Fclip%2F175106
  • Booth, J. 2016. Autism in the workplace: removing barriers. London: Jessica Kinglsey 
  • CIPD/Simply Health. 2021. Health and Well-being at Work [Online]. [Accessed 16 September 2021]. Available from: https://www.cipd.co.uk/Images/health-wellbeing-work-report-2021_tcm18-93541.pdf  
  • Coupland, D. 1994. Chapter 1 Microserfs. Wired. September. [Accessed September 17 2021]. Available from: https://www.wired.com/1994/01/microserfs/ 
  • Coupland, D. 2004. Microserfs. New York: Harper Perrenial. Chapter 1.  Available as an Online Course Reading in Minerva 
  • Foster, D. 2017. The Health and Well-Being at Work Agenda: Good News for (Disabled) Workers or Just a Capital Idea? Work , Employment and Society. 32 (1), pp. 186 - 197. [Online.] [Accessed 19 October 2018]. Available from: http://0-journals.sagepub.com.wam.leeds.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1177/0950017016682458?utm_source=summon&utm_medium=discovery-provider#articleShareContainer
  • Gilchrist, K., Brown, C.,, Montarzino, A. 2015. Workplace settings and wellbeing: Greenspace use and views contribute to employee wellbeing at peri-urban business sites Landscape and urban planning. . 138, pp.32-39 (available online via the library catalogue).
  • Hashemi, S. 2020. ADHD and Me. [Podcast]. [Accessed 17 November 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p088zkq0  
  • Honeybourne, V. 2020. The Neurodiverse workplace: An employees guide to working with neurodivergent colleagues, clients and customers. London: Jessica Kingsley. 
  • Rock, D. 2009. Your Brain at work . New York: Harper Business, pp. xi-18. 
  •  Introduction available as an Online Course Reading in Minerva. Chapter 1 available as an Online Course Reading in Minerva.
  • Vakkayil, J; Della Torre, E; Giangreco, A. 2017. "It's not how it looks!" Exploring managerial perspectives on employee wellbeing. European management journal. . 35(4), pp. 548-562 (available online through the library catalogue).

   

• Working conditions and unions

  • Bruder, J. 2015. The End of Retirement: when you can't afford to stop working. Harper's Magazine. August. [Online]. [Accessed September 17 2021]. Available from: https://harpers.org/archive/2014/08/the-end-of-retirement/ 
  • Bruder, J. 2017. Nomadland. London: Swift Press, chapter 3 Surviving America.    
  • Gall, G., Kirk., 2018. Eleanor. Striking out in a new direction? Strikes and the displacement thesis.Capital & class.42(2), pp. 195-203 (available online via the library catalogue).
  • Gov.uk. 2016. Trade Union Act becomes law. [Online]. [Accessed August 31 2018]. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/trade-union-act-becomes-law 
  • Greer, I. Samaluk, B., Umney, C. 2018. Better strategies for herding cats. 2018. In: Dellgast, V. Lillie, N., Pulignano, C. (eds). Recostructing Solidarity: labour unions, precarious work, and the politics of institutional change in Europe. Oxford: Oxford Scholarship [Online]. [Accessed 16 August 2019]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991012921529705181&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1 
  • Jaffe, S. 2021. Work won’t love you back: How devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted and along. London: C. Hurst & co. Chapter 3.   
  • Lloyd, A. 2019. The Harms at work. Bristol: Bristol University Press
  • OECD. 2020. 2020 Edition of the OECD Employment Outlook. [Online]. [Accessed 16 September 2021]. Available from: https://www.oecd.org/els/emp/oecdindicatorsofemploymentprotection.htm  

   

• Networking

  • Grant, A. 2013. Give and take : a revolutionary approach to success . London: Orion Publishing House. Pp. 1-26 (Chapter 1). 
  • Grugulis, I., Stoyanova, D. 2012. Social Capital and Networks in Film and TV: Jobs for the boys? Organization Studies. . 33(10) pp. 1311–1331.
  • Jowett,L. 2015. Ethics, Employability & Education: 'I want to work in the media'. Critical studies in television. [Online]. [Accessed August 19 2019]. Available from: https://cstonline.net/ethics-employability-and-education-i-want-to-work-in-the-media-by-lorna-jowett/
  • Mele, D. 2010. The Practice of Networking: An Ethical Approach. Journal of business ethics.. (90) pp. 487-503 [Online]. [Accessed September 21 2018]. (available online via the library catalogue). Available from: https://0-www-jstor-org.wam.leeds.ac.uk/stable/40863683?pq-origsite=summon&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents 
  • Networking Nation, Networks Are Everywhere BBC Radio 4 Extra, 5th September, 2:15 [Online]. [Accessed 21st September]. Available from: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/prog/07D13ABA?bcast=124104516  
  • Nicholas, J. 2018. Marketable selves: Making sense of employability as a liberal arts undergraduate. 109, pp.1-13.
  • Taylor, L. 2014. Non-networking graduates; race and consumption. BBC. August 4th. [Radio – Online]. [Online]. [Accessed September 16 2021]. Available from: https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand/index.php/clip/203451

   

• Resources to help you develop your employability skills or identify suitable work

  • Allen, P. 2017. How to find the work you love : the ethical careers guide . London: New Internationalist. 
  • Bassot, B. 2017. The Employability Journal. London: Palgrave.
  • Cottrell, S. 2019. 50 Ways to Boost your Employability. London: Macmillan
  • Dowson, P. 2015. Ch. 5 Graduate Skills and Ch. 11 Volunteering & Internships. In: Personal & Professional Development for Business Students London: Sage [Online]. [Accessed 16 August 2019]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991012360189705181&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1
  • Gov.uk. 2021. Working for yourself. [Online]. [Accessed September 21 2021]. Available from: https://www.gov.uk/working-for-yourself
  • Lees, J. 2013. Just the job: Smart and fast strategies to get the job you love. New York: Pearson. [Online]. [Accessed August 19 2019]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44LEE_INST/13rlbcs/alma991007878459705181
  • Pattison, L. 2013. Professional Skills and Employability. Harlow: Pearson.
  • Ogabi, E. 2021. Part 1: Before the Journey. IN: Side hustle in progress: a practical guide to kickstarting your business. London: Harper Collins, pp. 1-25 
  • Social Enterprise UK. 2021. What is it all about? [Online]. [Accessed September 21 2021]. Available from: https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/what-is-it-all-about/
  • Sofoluke, O and Sofoluke, R. 2021. Chapter 2: The power of your network. In: Twice as hard: Navigating black stereotypes and creating space for success. London: DK. 
  • Todd, B. 2016. 80, 000 Hours: Finding a fulfilling career that does good. Oxford: Centre for Effective Altruism. Available online: https://80000hours.org/book/
  • Trout. F. 2017. Brilliant employability skills how to stand out from the crowd in the graduate job market. Harlow:Pearson. [Online]. [Accessed August 19 2019]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991012289229705181&context=U&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&lang=en&search_scope=My_Inst_CI_not_ebsco&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=AlmostEverything 

   

• Resources to help you develop you academic skills

  • Bassott, B. 2020. The reflective journal: Capturing your learning for personal and professional development. Third Edition. London: Macmillan Learning [Online]. [Accessed October 28 2021]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44LEE_INST/13rlbcs/alma991019803919105181
  • Cotrell, S. 2019. The Study Skills Handbook. London: Macmillan. Chapter 8: Working with others. [Online]. [Accessed October 28 2021]. Available from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/44LEE_INST/13rlbcs/alma991019662445305181 
  • Godfrey, Jeanne. 2013. How to use your reading in your essays. 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.9-23. [Online]. [Accessed 19 August 2019]. Avialable from: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=dawson9781137299819&context=PC&vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&lang=en&search_scope=My_Inst_CI_not_ebsco&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=AlmostEverything&query=any,contains,hOw%20to%20use%20reading%20in%20your%20essays&offset=0 
  • Rose, J. 2013. The Mature Student’s Guide to Writing. 3rd Edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 19-57 (Chapter 2). 

   

• Podcasts to help with understanding employment options.

  • Duncan, B. Money 101: Full time employment. [Podcast]. [Accessed 15 July 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07yrp6w (Perspective of a recent, 22-year-old graduate) 
  • Duncan, B. Money 101: Self-employment. [Podcast]. [Accessed 15 July 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07yrpn6 (Perspective of a recent 22-year-old graduate) 
  • Farrington, S., Bishop, F., and Nelson, R. 2020. Your work, your money: World of work special. [Podcast]. [Accessed 14 July 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08plp9d 
  • Living corporate. 2021. Being a lifelong learner. [Podcast]. [Accessed 01 October 2021]. Available from: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/lifelong-learning-as-a-tool-for-building-your-career/leading-as-a-black-woman?u=57895809 
  • Morgan, I. 2021. Wanna Be: a behind the scenes look at opportunities available in the creative and entertainment industries. [Podcast]. [Accessed 14 July 2021]. Available from: https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/wanna-be-content-is-queen-cG_L2UvOm7E/ 
  • Rice, M. And Wye, J. 2020. Hooked: The unexpected addicts. Employment.  [Podcast]. [Accessed 15 July 2021]. Available from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p084pryx

This list was last updated on 24/11/2021