Melinde Coetzee (DLitt et Phil) is a research professor in the Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. She has extensive experience in the corporate environment on psychological interventions pertaining to organisational development, human capacity and career development and talent retention. Her research interests include issues of graduateness/employability and career and retention psychology in multi-cultural work contexts. She is Chief Editor of the South African Journal of Industrial Psychology and also the author, co-author and editor of a number of academic books. She has published in numerous accredited academic journals. She has also co-authored and contributed chapters to books nationally and internationally. She has presented numerous academic papers and posters at national and international conferences. She is a professionally registered Psychologist (cat. Industrial) with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and a master human resource practitioner with the South African Board for People Practice (SABPP). She is a member of SIOPSA. EAWOP and IAAP.