Shivoro, Romanus S.Shalyefu, Rakel KavenaKadhila, Ngepathimo2018-01-122018-01-122017Shivoro, R.S., Shalyefu, R.K., & Kadhila, N. (2017). A critical analysis of universal literature on graduate employability. Journal for Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, 6(2), 248-268.http://hdl.handle.net/11070/2128Enhancing graduate employability is fundamental to higher education institutions’ role of producing human capital that is capable of performing competitively in the contemporary labour market. This pa-per presents a synoptic review of literature on graduate employability with particular focus on the conceptual and theoretical background as well as models and approaches for enhancing employability at-tributes. The analysis established that the discourse of graduate employability is central to higher education provision across the globe. The notion of graduate employability has evolved from conceptualiza-tion to the development of instruments for guiding integration of graduate employability attributes in higher education curricula. The paper provides a synthesis of existing research and makes recommendation for further research on strengthening collaboration between higher education institutions and the industry to enhance graduate employability.enUniversal literatureGraduate employabilityArticle