TY - JOUR
T1 - Exclusionary narratives as barriers to the recognition of qualifications, skills and experience - A case of skilled migrants in Australia
AU - Wagner, Regine
AU - Childs, Merilyn
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - The paper reports on research conducted in Australia with (i) skilled migrants, (ii) public-sector recruiters, and (iii) skilled migrant placement officers (SMPOs), who assisted migrants into employment. Their stories were collected as part of a project, intent on improving recognition processes in higher education and employment by piloting a professional development program. The reported experiences underpin exclusionary narratives that prevent skills recognition and employment commensurate with qualifications and experience. The unsatisfactory nature of formal and informal recognition processes and their relationship to 'subterranean' forms of racism is explored.
AB - The paper reports on research conducted in Australia with (i) skilled migrants, (ii) public-sector recruiters, and (iii) skilled migrant placement officers (SMPOs), who assisted migrants into employment. Their stories were collected as part of a project, intent on improving recognition processes in higher education and employment by piloting a professional development program. The reported experiences underpin exclusionary narratives that prevent skills recognition and employment commensurate with qualifications and experience. The unsatisfactory nature of formal and informal recognition processes and their relationship to 'subterranean' forms of racism is explored.
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U2 - 10.1080/01580370500525707
DO - 10.1080/01580370500525707
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33244461087
SN - 0158-037X
VL - 28
SP - 49
EP - 62
JO - Studies in Continuing Education
JF - Studies in Continuing Education
IS - 1
ER -