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LinkedIn, Platforming Labour, and the New Employability Mandate for Universities
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Komljenovic, Janja – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2019
Students, academics and university administrators are increasingly using and producing digital platforms, including social media. This paper focuses on LinkedIn to start tackling the question of the effects on higher education as a sector, its actors and the established social practices. It argues that LinkedIn moves beyond the passivity of…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Social Media, Labor Market, Employment Potential
A Comparative Institutional Analysis on Strategies That Graduates Use to Show They Are 'Employable': A Critical Discussion on the Cases of Australia, Japan, and Vietnam
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Saito, Eisuke; Pham, Thanh – Higher Education Research and Development, 2019
Employability has become a key concept that has attracted the attention of scholars and industries in many countries. At the same time, this concept is highly fluid and vague because its nature is not evidenced by real employment and differences in the nature of labour markets from country to country. Thus, it would be more worthwhile to discuss…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Employment Potential, Labor Market, Foreign Countries
"Guanxi" as Impetus? Career Exploration in China and the United States
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Song, Lynda Jiwen; Werbel, James D. – Career Development International, 2007
Purpose: The present paper seeks to analyze the role of social networks in the process of career exploration, including its main effect on search intensity, and moderation effect on the linkage between search intensity and job search confidence. Design/methodology/approach: It is a longitudinal design with 239 USA and 165 Chinese graduating…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Social Networks
Search Consultants: Boon or Bane to Non-Traditional Candidates for the Superintendency?
Chion-Kenney, Linda – School Administrator, 1994
Women and minorities are still underrepresented in the superintendency. Search consultants can tackle discrimination by helping a school board consider desirable administrator competencies and personality traits and by advancing outstanding "nontraditional" candidates. Candidates should take consultants' advice about networking, resume…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Boards of Education, Career Planning, Consultants