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Obtaining a European advanced degree awards a measure of skill for bachelor graduates due to the Bologna Process standardization system, allowing open access to the European workforce. Yet since even with a degree the process of entering the marketplace requires a certain extent of employability to secure employment, this report examines the effectiveness of the Bologna Process system in addressing the concept of employability. Through the critical assessment of intergovernmental documents, higher education trends reports, and a case study on the Bologna initiatives, this report addresses components of the Bologna Process that relate to the employability concept. The key findings of this research revealed that employability has been an agenda point component in the development of the European Higher Education Area yet as a concept lacks a common definition, which subsequently has slowed its development, and Bologna Initiatives while useful warrant more exposure to students as a useful utility set. As such the resulting effectiveness of the Bologna Process in addressing employability shows room for improvement, where recommendations of in-depth Educational Career Supervision of students throughout their study experience would disseminate the