An Educator's Guide to Constructing Employable Identities - Softcover

Soltani, Behnam; Ong, Kenneth Keng Wee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1041020619 ISBN 13: 9781041020615

Publisher: Routledge, 2026

Synopsis

This essential guide is tailored for tertiary practitioners aiming to enhance their learners' employability. It presents the latest research on the discussions about graduate identities, forms of capital, workplace ideologies, and facilitator identities.

The book offers practical workshops designed to develop learners' professional identities, encouraging them to reflect on their past, present, and future identities while providing educators with the tools to support their learners' employability trajectories. These workshops not only boost learners' employability but also provide educators with opportunities to reflect on their own practices. The book concludes with strategic recommendations for tertiary institutions, employers, learners, and facilitators.

This indispensable resource is designed for educators in higher and further education who are keen to enhance graduate employability within their institutions.

About this title

About the Author

Behnam Soltani is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Professional Communication at the Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore. He is a passionate advocate for professional communication and employability education, with a research focus on graduate employability and identities. Previously, Behnam served as a Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead on Graduate Employability at Otago Polytechnic in Auckland, New Zealand. His work integrates critical thinking and systems thinking to bridge research and practice, transforming insights into impactful teaching strategies for both PTE (Pre-Employment Training) and CET (Continuing Education and Training) learners. Behnam has published extensively and is the co-author of another Routledge book titled Enhancing Student Education Transitions and Employability: From Theory to Practice. He also co-designed the Career Catalyst Unit, a 10-credit module that forms a core part of the Workforce Essentials programme for CET learners at the Singapore Institute of Technology. He serves as the regional editor for the Journal of Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning.

Kenneth Keng Wee Ong, PhD, is Director of the Centre for Professional Communication at the Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore. His publications have appeared in System (Elsevier), World Englishes (Wiley), English Today (Cambridge University Press), Discourse Studies (Sage), and Journal of Psycholinguistic Research (Springer), among others, as well as edited book chapters and books. His research interests centre around critical thinking, English for specific purposes, and computer-mediated communication. He is a member of the Regional Advisory Committee of the Global Council for Anthropological Linguistics, SOAS, as well as a member of the Advisory Committee, School of Life Skills and Communication, Singapore Polytechnic.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1041020619
• ISBN 13: 9781041020615
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 380