Design of an Employability Agency for the Transdisciplinary Students of Creative Technologies: A Research Through Design Approach

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dc.contributor.advisorSosa, Ricardo
dc.contributor.advisorHunting, Amabel
dc.contributor.authorRajusha, Rajiv
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-07T20:21:33Z
dc.date.available2021-04-07T20:21:33Z
dc.date.copyright2021
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2021-04-07T13:25:35Z
dc.description.abstractFresh university graduates face an ever-changing professional landscape where it can be challenging to find jobs that lead to successful careers. This is particularly the case for emergent professions such as creative technologies, given the changing nature of technology and the increasingly recognised value of working across traditional disciplines. This thesis presents a Research through Design (RtD) project with the goal to help fresh creative technologists get better work opportunities. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with students, alumni, and industry experts to identify current practices, opportunities and challenges, and insights to inform the design of solutions to address this problem. Three themes were identified from these interviews: unexplored existing opportunities, a demand for employability skills, and platforms for student-industry interactions. The insights from this work inform the aspects that need to be addressed to design solutions that help creative technologies graduates find relevant jobs to start their careers in the right directions. The research raises new questions about why and how universities in the future can engage stakeholders to make the most of existing untapped opportunities and restructure processes to align with changing demands in industry.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/14097
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectEmployabilityen_NZ
dc.subjectTransdisciplinaryen_NZ
dc.subjectResearch through Designen_NZ
dc.subjectDesign thinkingen_NZ
dc.subjectCreative Technologiesen_NZ
dc.subjectDesignen_NZ
dc.subjectJobsen_NZ
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_NZ
dc.subjectResearchen_NZ
dc.subjectTransdisciplinarityen_NZ
dc.subjectInterviewsen_NZ
dc.subjectSemi-structured interviewsen_NZ
dc.subjectThematic analysisen_NZ
dc.titleDesign of an Employability Agency for the Transdisciplinary Students of Creative Technologies: A Research Through Design Approachen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Creative Technologiesen_NZ
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