Employability Glossary Definition

Employability is the combination of knowledge, skills, behaviors, credentials, and labor-market readiness that helps a person obtain, keep, or progress in work in Workforce Education contexts.

Employability is a workforce outcome rather than a single teaching method, but adult education and training programs often design learning around it. In U.S. contexts, compare the term with local adult education, workforce, and credential language before treating it as identical. Some usage is tied to U.S. adult education policy or reporting and should be read in that context.