The present study explores the individual and university supports of U.S. international students during their job searches. Twenty-eight international students (93% Asian, 7% African; 57% female) from a U.S. Midwest public university participated in one-on-one semi-structured interviews in Spring 2021 regarding their U.S. job search experiences.…

Limited research exists around how to effectively enhance the job search behaviors and self-efficacy of job seekers during the job search process. In the current study, we investigated whether mentoring functions (i.e., career and psychosocial functions) are related to job search behaviors through job search self-efficacy. Moreover, we tested the…

The parent-teacher system is influential in promoting students' career development. Guided by the systems theory framework of career development and spillover theory, this study examined the direct association between parent-teacher relationships and high school students' career development. Furthermore, it analyzed the indirect effect of…

This study investigates the effect of practical skills-based career training intervention in electrical/electronic works on graduating students' academic major satisfaction, career curiosity, and self-defeating job search behaviors (SDJSBs). We employed the quasi-experimental design, with a three-wave longitudinal survey. The participants were 101…

Using a sample of 86 East Asian international graduate students, this study examined Bandura's perceived self-efficacy model (1986) in the domain of job search self-efficacy and tested the mediating effects of job search self-efficacy in the relationship between efficacy source variables and job search behaviors. Results show that both performance…

Stufflebeam's model was used to evaluate guidance programs in Spanish prisons. Job search methods, information sources, and application processes were taught to 145 prisoners, with 51 controls. The program was satisfactory in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, efficacy, and impact. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

A survey of 1,121 counselors (59 percent) determined what information was needed by individuals to facilitate their career decision making and job seeking behavior. It also identified general themes within this career-related information through factor analysis of a lengthy questionnaire. (JOW)

Research findings are presented as potentially important program issues, and descriptions of how these issues were transformed into modules for a career-shift/job-search program are given. Preliminary data from the evaluation of this career-shift/job-search program are shown and the resemblances between this experimental, research-based program…

Although assistance with finding a job is important, it is but one competency needed to be aware of the world of work and how it differs from the educational world. The ability of students to adjust and contribute to many roles in the post-high school world is crucial for successful transition. (JOW)

Data from the Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study for 1,309 European American, 191 African American, 137 Hispanic American, and 40 Asian/Pacific Islander American college students, ages 18-23 and 24+, revealed no differences in career goals or job search strategies by age. Significant differences among ethnic groups were found in…

The 10 components of a career development curriculum for mentally ill individuals are intended to achieve 3 goals: (1) job readiness (reality of work, integration of mental illness and employment, on-the-job behavior); (2) career decision making (self-assessment, occupational information, career choice); and (3) getting and keeping employment (job…