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Panagiotis Arsenis; Miguel Flores – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
This study contributes theoretically and empirically to our understanding of students' transition from work placement to the graduate labour market, by exploring earning differentials due to heterogeneous job transitions. We developed a theoretical framework that underpins the relationships between work placement, job transition and graduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Economics Education, Job Placement
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Gray, Kenneth C.; Wang, Dan-Shang – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1989
A study investigated the distribution of young workers among firms of various sizes using the National Longitudinal Study of Labor Market Experience, New Youth Cohort, 1980-1985. The majority of young workers aged 15-29 were employed by small firms. Distribution was affected by gender, race, and educational attainment, but not by residence or high…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Employers, Employment Practices, Entry Workers
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Ban, Carolyn; Ingraham, Patricia W. – Public Administration Review, 1988
Since 1982, the federal government has relied on a decentralized, noncompetitive hiring method and on specialized examinations for entry-level professional hiring. Most agencies are satisfied, and minority hiring has increased. Both methods reflect a focus on selection based on specific job skills rather than on long-term career potential. (JOW)
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Entry Workers, Federal Government, Government Employees
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Eby, Lillian T.; Johnson, C. Douglas; Russell, Joyce E. A. – Journal of Career Assessment, 1998
Reviews career-related issues for employees with diverse characteristics and job status. Evaluates 44 psychometrically sound career-assessment instruments for their usefulness in dealing with issues. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Diversity (Institutional), Employment Practices
Training & Employment: French Dimensions, 1991
Over the past 15 years, the level of initial training among French youth has shown a rapid rise, with one of the highest rates of full-time school attendance in Europe. This sharp increase in school attendance clearly improves the training capital. In their hiring policies, employers have become more and more selective, with the result that…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Employment Practices, Entry Workers