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TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘It’s everything else you do…’
T2 - alumni views on extracurricular activities and employability
AU - Clark, Gordon
AU - Marsden, Rebecca
AU - Whyatt, Duncan
AU - Thompson, Leanne
AU - Walker, Marion
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article explores students’ extracurricular activities and, uniquely, their short- and long-term effects on employability. Drawing on the literature, six research questions are identified. A questionnaire and interviews with alumni provide the quantitative and qualitative information needed. The effects of different extracurricular activities and the skills and qualities they promote are demonstrated for early- and later-career jobs, as are the complementary effects for employability of degree schemes and extracurricular activities. Alumni who are now recruiters of staff use their double perspective to explain the role extracurricular activities have played in their lives and now as professional recruiters. The paper shows how the alumni of any university could share these insights with undergraduates.
AB - This article explores students’ extracurricular activities and, uniquely, their short- and long-term effects on employability. Drawing on the literature, six research questions are identified. A questionnaire and interviews with alumni provide the quantitative and qualitative information needed. The effects of different extracurricular activities and the skills and qualities they promote are demonstrated for early- and later-career jobs, as are the complementary effects for employability of degree schemes and extracurricular activities. Alumni who are now recruiters of staff use their double perspective to explain the role extracurricular activities have played in their lives and now as professional recruiters. The paper shows how the alumni of any university could share these insights with undergraduates.
KW - Employability
KW - Careers
KW - Alumni
KW - Extracurricular Activity
KW - Skills
KW - Education
U2 - 10.1177/1469787415574050
DO - 10.1177/1469787415574050
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 133
EP - 147
JO - Active Learning in Higher Education
JF - Active Learning in Higher Education
SN - 1469-7874
IS - 2
ER -