TY - DATA T1 - Digital globalisation and graduate careers: Work-readiness as the new frontier [short version] PY - 2018/02/08 AU - Ian Herbert AU - Stephanie Lambert UR - https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Digital_globalisation_and_graduate_careers_Work-readiness_as_the_new_frontier_short_version_/5863590 DO - 10.17028/rd.lboro.5863590.v1 L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/10415784 KW - work readiness KW - shared services centre model (SSC) KW - Middle-office jobs KW - Employability skills KW - Education KW - Higher Education KW - Labour Economics N2 - Work-readiness employability• Middle-office jobs which provide the formative experience to professional careers are beingoffshored.• Employers report that talent-pipelines into mid-level, knowledge-based roles are drying up!• Higher education has raised employability levels, but the bar has been raised again. In adigitally-connected world, work can be moved to the ‘cheapest place on earth’!• Graduates now need to be employable to get the job, and also work-ready to do the job in theface of declining graduate training programmes and overseas competition.• Universities have an ethical responsibility to ensure that their students can compete in aglobal market and build sustainable careers. ER -