Focus and Scope

ORBIT is a multidisciplinary scholarly journal focusing on university student career guidance and graduate transition to the world of work and industry. The journal examines student career development as a continuous process involving various disciplines, including:

  1. Education and Counselling: student career guidance, academic counselling, career planning, and career development.
  2. Psychology: career psychology, interests and talents, work readiness, work adaptation, and graduate well-being.
  3. Social and Policy Studies: higher education policy, employment issues, and youth transition to the labour market.
  4. Economics and Business: graduate labour market, employability, student entrepreneurship, and industry needs.
  5. Human Resource Management: competency development, young talent management, and university-industry relations.
  6. Sociology and Humanities: graduate social mobility, inequality of access to employment, and the social dynamics of work.
  7. Science and Technology: digital transformation, automation, and their impact on graduate careers and employment.
  8. Islamic Studies and Ethical Values: work ethics, Islamic values in career planning, and graduate professionalism.

The journal welcomes manuscripts on, but not limited to, the following topics:

  • Career guidance and counselling for university students;
  • Academic-based career planning and development;
  • Student and graduate work readiness or employability skills;
  • The role and practices of university career centres;
  • Graduate transition to the world of work and industry;
  • University-industry relations, internship experience, and labour market needs;
  • Survey-based, interview-based, and tracer study research on students and graduates;
  • Curriculum dynamics and employment policies related to graduate career outcomes.