The Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI) generated this report from employers currently seeking college talent through their interactions with college and university career services offices. Nearly 200 career service centers from around the country invited their employers to participate in this study. More than 4,730 employers provided…

Inter-rater reliability, commonly assessed by intra-class correlation coefficient ICC, is an important index for describing the extent to which there is consistency amongst two or more raters in assigned measures. In organizational research, the data structure is often hierarchical and designs deviate substantially from the ideal of a balanced…

The Collegiate Employment Research Institute (CERI) generated this sample from employers currently seeking college talent through their interactions with college and university career services offices. Nearly 200 career service centers from around the country invited their employers to participate in this study. Approximately 4,350 employers…

How do students and alumni of for-profit colleges feel about their schools and the value of their education? Do they have distinct expectations, priorities, and needs compared with students who choose to study at not-for-profit institutions? Are prospective students effectively weighing their options before deciding to enroll at for-profit…

The graying of the labor force, together with the recession of 2008-2010, has forced employers and prognosticators to take a hard look at workforce preparation, training, and planning. This employer research survey is one component of a larger project that explores the workforce, labor force projections, and employer views on training,…

This report describes the findings of a nationally representative sample of 444 recent college graduates from the class of 2006 through 2011. The purpose of this study is to understand how recent college graduates are faring in the workforce, specifically looking at those individuals who graduated before and during the difficult labor market…

Despite near-record unemployment rates in the region, southeast Wisconsin's healthcare sector faces a distinctive challenge: finding sufficient numbers of qualified and trained workers to fill current and future job openings. A May 2009 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee analysis found that one out of every four full-time job openings and one out…

Presents an analysis of the placement books of three annual Association of American Library Schools (AALS) meetings (1976, 1977, 1978), and compares the characteristics of the jobs and job seekers. (FM)

The Washington Reemployment Bonus Experiment (WREB) was composed of 6 different "treatments" involving offers of bonuses to over 12,000 unemployed workers filing initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. The 6 treatments were represented by all combinations of 3 different "bonus amounts" calculated as either 2, 4, or 6 times the…

The 1977 Navajo Labor Force Survey, an attempt to estimate size and characteristics of the Navajo labor force, uses data from 1,900 unemployed and 1,481 employed adult Navajos on the Navajo Nation, and 438 unemployed and 314 employed Navajos in adjacent towns. Employment opportunities on and near the reservation are severely limited because of…

The 34th annual survey of policy and practice in the employment of college and university graduates in business and industry reports responses received from 170 companies. Surveys were returned during October and November 1979. The major purpose of the report is to supply information of interest to colleges and universities as well as employers.…

This study examined first employment experiences of graduates from South African universities, highlighting educational and noneducational factors that affected their ability to secure employment in their fields of study, as well as graduates' perceptions of their studies in relation to their jobs. Researchers sent surveys to 8,000 graduates…

This report examines policies and procedures in the use of substitute teachers. A total of 488 school systems in 49 states responded to a survey that included items on substitute program organization; application, selection, evaluation, and dismissal procedures; absence policies for regular teachers; size and costs of substitute teacher forces;…

Results of the 1980 survey of policy and practice in the employment of college and university graduates in business and industry are presented. A total of 142 companies responded to the inquiry, all but a few of which are large or medium-sized corporations. Reports came from 20 states and Washington, D.C. The variety of business interests…

A study examined adults' attitudes and experience related to work and the selection of a career or job. Data were gathered through a telephone survey of a sample of 1,003 adults (659 employed either full- or part-time), 18 years of age and older, conducted in June and July 1999. The following areas were explored: current employment status; the…