This paper is seeking to gain an enhanced understanding of influences of employability are having on graduating students preparing to work in their profession. The paper reviews literature that helps to define graduate attributes and graduate employability. It also analyses the contribution by higher education to students being ready for work and what the identified gaps are. A case study review for an annual cross-institutional student forum that aims to make tertiary and higher education graduates more work-ready for professions in communication is presented. A key driver for the development and refinement of this student forum was the anxiety students have expressed when transitioning from a further education institution into the work force.
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