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Molly F. Gordon; Jason A. Grissom; Alyssa Blanchard; Ashley B. Ellison; Mollie Rubin; Francisco Arturo Santelli – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2025
Purpose: Urban school districts often face challenges in filling principal vacancies with effective leaders, especially in high-needs schools. Prospective principals' engagement with the job application process may contribute to these challenges. The goal of this study is to better understand the job search strategies and behaviors of prospective…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Job Application, Urban Schools, School Districts
Dan Goldhaber; Cyrus Grout – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2024
Turnover in the teacher workforce imposes significant costs to schools, both in terms of student achievement and the time and expense required to recruit and train new staff. This paper examines the potential for structured ratings of teacher applicants, solicited from their professional references, to inform hiring decisions through the selection…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Teacher Persistence, Job Applicants, Job Search Methods
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Aboagye, Bernard; Puoza, Julius Caesar – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021
Although the Government of Ghana gives considerable attention to technical education to accelerate national development, some graduates remain unemployed for years after graduation. In this study, employability of mechanical engineering graduates from Sunyani Technical University of Ghana is presented. It assessed the employment status and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Engineering Education, College Graduates
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Smith, Stephanie A. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2017
Expectancy violations theory, a communicative framework, is applied in this study to understand how recent college graduates form, evaluate, and respond to violated job-searching expectations. In-depth interviews of college seniors (N = 20) who were currently job searching helped answer the three research questions posed. Using a thematic…
Descriptors: Job Application, Job Applicants, Job Search Methods, College Graduates
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Leahy, Ronda L.; Filiatrault, Ariana – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine employers' perceptions of the effectiveness of employment electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) when evaluating potential job candidates. For the purpose of this study, ePortfolios were defined as a collection of electronic files that demonstrates one's qualifications, abilities, and experiences that are…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment
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Gray, Joey; Larson, Lincoln R.; Fernandez, Mariela; Duffy, Lauren N.; Sturts, Jill; Powell, Gwynn M.; Roberts, Kelsie – Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, 2019
The complex and uncertain academic job search is often a terrifying prospect for aspiring recreation and leisure scholars. New doctoral candidates are eager for meaningful lived experiences and useful advice regarding the steps for a successful job search, including finding the right opportunities, submitting applications, interviewing well, and…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Leisure Education, Recreation, College Faculty
Learning and Work Institute, 2017
This book is aimed at young adults (aged between 16 and 25) in England who have recently left care, or are in the process of leaving care. Leaving care and moving into adult life is a big change to go through. This book provides useful information, advice, and activities to help care leavers get used to living independently and make decisions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Foster Care, Foreign Countries
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Jennifer Sano-Franchini – College Composition and Communication, 2016
Drawing on forty-eight interviews with individuals who participated on the academic job market in rhetoric and composition between 2010 and 2015, this essay shows how conceptualizing the academic job search as an intimate endeavor can offer insights for understanding the rhetorical production of affective binds within institutional contexts. This…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Search Methods, Higher Education, Writing (Composition)
Nelson, Robert B. – 1982
A practical handbook to guide the job-hunting process, especially directed to recent college graduates, is presented. Information is provided on: marketing yourself, deciding what to do, the resume, informational interviewing, searching, interviewing, follow-up, considerations for the individual after being hired, the most common job-hunting…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Communication Skills, Decision Making, Employment Interviews
Gould, Christine A. – 1983
Information is presented for liberal arts graduates concerning employment and training opportunities in business, based on a corporate hiring and training survey, interviews with liberal arts graduates who found rewarding careers in business, job-search strategies, and corporate profiles. Results of a survey of college recruiters from 61 leading…
Descriptors: Business, Career Choice, College Graduates, Employee Attitudes
Weatherill, Pamela; Boyd, Elizabeth Reid – 2001
A study investigated job search literacies for a small sample of Western Australian youth currently seeking employment. Participants were 10 females and 4 males aged 15-24. The research design involved the presentation of job search information and exercises to develop literacy competencies in a participative workshop format. Participants…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy
Gregory, Martha Wille, Ed. – 1993
This training module was designed to assist career and vocational counselors to help students with disabilities develop job search skills. The module includes workshop content (with side notes to the trainer in italics), overheads, and many handouts. Preliminary information includes module purpose and overall learning objectives, a module outline,…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Career Development, Civil Rights Legislation
Daugherty, Ronald D.; And Others – 1979
This student job guide is designed to assist students in making decisions by providing information regarding the options available to them. The guide is comprised of three major parts. Part 1 is designed to introduce and train students in the important aspects of job finding. It covers the following topics: evaluate youself, nontraditional jobs,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Employment, Employment Interviews
Gallup Organization, Inc., Princeton, NJ. – 1999
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…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Choice, Career Development