Employability Workshop

ABOUT

How do you access the job market? Well, you can’t. No one can.The hidden job market is the job market that’s only

open to people who are already connected into the web of professional relationships in which that job resides.

This is an insider’s game, and it’s almost impossible to get inside that web as a job seeker. But it’s quite possible to

crack into the network as a sincerely interested inquirer. Burnett & Evans (2017)

BACKGROUND TO EMPLOYABILITY

Research shows that individuals feel unprepared to enter the job market and the rapidly changing world of work requires competent individuals with an expanded skill set. Different approaches to employability exist as to how employability competencies can be developed. Preparing for employment is

however an individualised process of developing an ability to firstly BECOME employable and secondly BE employed.