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employability  

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  • Employability refers to the extent to which an individual has the characteristics that would make it likely that he or she would be hired for a job. Another way of stating it is whether the individual has “marketable skills,” that is, skills that a potential employer would be willing to pay for in the job market. [Source: Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia; Employability]

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