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Ng, Wei-Hua; Menzies, Jane; Zutshi, Ambika – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2019
Few studies have addressed the university-to-work transition experience of international postgraduate students. This paper contributed to the literature as it proposed a three-stage university-to-work transition framework including stages of finishing a degree, looking for a job, and working in a job. A qualitative research design with in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Education Work Relationship
Dyer, Suzette; Lu, Fen – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
A growing number of Chinese-born international students are seeking permanent residency and paid employment in New Zealand after graduation. As yet, little is known about their post-study transitions to permanent residency and paid employment. This article reports on research investigating the transition experiences of 10 Chinese-born…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Foreign Countries, Career Development, Foreign Students

Pibal, Darlene – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1998
Responses from 108 Australian, 50 U.S., 39 German, 28 Thai, and 16 Hong Kong human-resource managers examined their views of the hiring process. Differences among the countries appeared in the importance of certain resume and cover-letter components, the preferred length of resumes, and the amount of time spent reading resumes and cover letters.…
Descriptors: Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Job Applicants

Bowers, Pamela J.; Dickman, Marcia M.; Fuqua, Dale R. – NASPA Journal, 2001
Examines the relationships between psychosocial development, involvement in career development activities, and employment status of college seniors. Relationships were found among psychosocial development tasks and participation in career development activities. Results support the notion that psychosocial development and career development are…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, College Seniors, Employment Level
Treise, Deborah M.; And Others – 1993
Findings of an exploratory qualitative study of personality characteristics observed to exist among a sample of new "advertising creatives" are presented in this paper. Subjects, 13 copywriters and art directors participating in a training program at an advertising agency with global billings of $4 billion, were interviewed in depth…
Descriptors: Advertising, Communication Research, Creativity, Employee Attitudes
Kenkel, William F.; Kenkel, Marion S. – 1988
Following a review of literature that uncovered conflicting evidence about the effectiveness of formal and informal methods of finding a job, a study was conducted to test the hypothesis that informal methods (such as personal contacts) were more effective for young adults. Data were collected on a group of Southern rural, poverty-level, fifth-…
Descriptors: Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Education Writers Association, Washington, DC. – 1990
Interviews with young workers, their parents, and their employers in seven communities (Birmingham, Alabama; Salinas, California; Esterville, Milford, and Terril, Iowa; Lawrence, Massachusetts; and Detroit, Michigan) show that today's young workers--the 20 million 16- to 24-year-olds who do not plan to go to college--do not receive the support…
Descriptors: Community Services, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential, Entry Workers
West, Michael; Newton, Peggy – 1982
A study examined the school-to-work transition of a group of 16-year-olds from two mining communities in Nottinghamshire, England. During the study, the 174 school leavers were interviewed within 6 months prior to their leaving school. Nine months later, 103 of the original 174 youths were interviewed again. Finally, the youths were asked to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Change, Career Choice, Education Work Relationship

Okano, Kaori – Sociology of Education, 1995
Reports on a study of the impact of formalized school-based job-referral procedures among 94 students in vocationally oriented Japanese high schools. Finds that the process achieves a meritocratic allocation of jobs and a smooth entry into the workforce for most students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Decision Making, Entry Workers
Decore, Anne Marie – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 1992
A study of the employment experiences of recent education graduates of the University of Alberta (Canada) suggested that teaching jobs were in short supply. Only 62 percent found full-time employment, although 86 percent sought teaching jobs. Job location, age, and extent of job search emerged as important influences on employment status.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Education Majors, Employment Experience, Employment Opportunities
Murphy, Carol; Jenks, Lynn – 1982
Far West Laboratory conducted a series of interviews with employers to identify the characteristics of a successful applicant for entry-level professional employment. The job opportunities investigated were possible avenues of employment for college graduates in general studies fields, and did not include those requiring specialized degrees or…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Borman, Kathryn M., Ed.; And Others – 1985
The Adolescent Worker Study was designed to provide an in-depth analysis of the job experiences and related life histories of out-of-school working youth. To do this, a team of investigators first identified work sites across a range of industrial sectors that were currently engaged in hiring young workers between the ages of 17 and 21. Then, the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Case Studies, Dismissal (Personnel)
Crysdale, Stewart; King, Alan J. C.; Mandell, Nancy – 1999
This book examines the factors responsible for the difficulties being experienced by many young Canadians trying to find permanent jobs in a growing economy and explains how Canadian youths can make the best use of the opportunities offered by academic and other programs to find a satisfying life in the workforce. The following are among the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Choice, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Education