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William George Beasley Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to describe the experience of Millennials with a Bachelor Degree in Business Management or management related disciplines seeking employment in their field of study in NC the first three years after graduation. The theoretical foundation of the study was human capital theory. The research…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Bachelors Degrees, Age Groups, Business Administration Education
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Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Staklis, Sandra; Woo, Jennie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2018
This Statistics in Brief describes the employment, debt-related, and enrollment experiences as of 2012 among students who completed their bachelor's degrees during the 2007-08 academic year. These findings are based on data from the second follow-up of the 2008 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/12), a nationally…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Experience, Employment Statistics, Debt (Financial)
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McAlpine, Lynn; Austin, Nichole – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2018
National and international statistics show that across disciplines there are many more PhD graduates than academic positions. In fact, more than half of graduates find their careers outside the academy--though the kinds of positions they accept, their work satisfaction, and the relevance of their PhDs is much less clear. As regards scholarly…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, College Graduates, Humanities, Foreign Countries
OECD Publishing, 2020
The transition from tertiary education to work involves substantial uncertainty and changes between education programmes, jobs and industries. The current major disruption in the labour market is only going to increase this uncertainty, making it essential for graduates to be prepared for it. Graduates with more dynamic career trajectories are…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Role, Bachelors Degrees, Masters Degrees
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Mok, Ka Ho; Wen, Zhuoyi; Dale, Roger – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2016
In the last two decades, we have witnessed a rapid expansion of higher education in Mainland China and Taiwan, recording a significant increase in higher education enrolments in these two Chinese societies. The massification of higher education in China and Taiwan has inevitably resulted in an oversupply of university graduates, with growing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, College Students, College Graduates
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Cataldi, Emily Forrest; Siegel, Peter; Shepherd, Bryan; Cooney, Jennifer – National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
This report presents initial findings about the employment outcomes of bachelor's degree recipients approximately 4 years after they completed their 2007-08 degrees. These findings are based on data from the second follow-up of the Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/12), a nationally representative longitudinal sample survey…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Longitudinal Studies, Followup Studies
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Stott, Tim; Zaitseva, Elena; Cui, Vanessa – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This four-year mixed method longitudinal study utilises data collected from four cohorts of Outdoor Education (OE) students to compare "fresher" and "graduate" identities and to explore the impact of identity on graduate employment. Findings demonstrate that compared to other programmes, and the university as a whole, OE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mixed Methods Research, Longitudinal Studies, Communities of Practice
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Helyer, Ruth; Lee, Dionne – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the issues around a multiple generational workforce and more specifically, the challenges and benefits for education providers and employers. Design/methodology/approach: Reviewing research papers, analysing academic texts, interrogating market intelligence and contextualising case studies, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Baby Boomers, Employment Patterns, Aging (Individuals)
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Choy, Susan P.; Bradburn, Ellen M. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
This report examines college graduates' work experiences in the first 10 years after they graduated. It describes their labor force status, employment stability and intensity, occupations and industries, salaries and benefits, and perceptions about their jobs. The report focuses on differences across undergraduate majors, comparing the…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Patterns, Employment Experience, Work Attitudes
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Henly, Megan; Langer, Casey – 2003
Data in this report were collected from physics PhDs in the classes of 2000 and 2001, a time when the U.S. economy reached a peak and then entered a downturn. Data were collected from 72% of the class of 2001, a year in which there were 1,214 physics PhDs conferred. The unemployment rate for these classes remained low, at 3%. The proportion of new…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
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Scott, Judith; Hatalla, Josie – Career Development Quarterly, 1990
Examined perceptions of women college graduates (n=94) regarding influence of chance and contingency factors upon career patterns 25 years after graduation. Findings indicated significant proportion perceived eight contingency factors and chance factor "Unexpected Personal Events" as influential in career patterns. Found Low…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, College Graduates
Hawaii Univ., Manoa. – 1993
A survey was conducted to determine the postgraduate activities of the University of Hawaii-Manoa College of Business Administration Classes of August and December 1992. Data collected from these graduates by September 1993 relate to their employment status, geographic location of employment, type of work currently performing, methods of securing…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration, College Graduates, Employment
Gillie, Angelo C.; Olson, Richard R.
As part of an overall study concerned with determining the relationships between the graduates of electronics and drafting design technology curriculums and various factors, this follow-up study of Pennsylvania graduates considers a number of demographic factors. Some of the factors are: (1) marital status, (2) salaries, (3) distance from hometown…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Graduates, Demography, Drafting
Hawaii Univ., Manoa. – 1994
A survey was conducted by the Career Placement Services office of the University of Hawaii at Manoa to determine the postgraduate activities of the College of Engineering Class of 1993. Data collected from these graduates (including those who graduated with bachelor's degrees in summer and fall 1992 and spring 1993) by September 30, 1993, related…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
Lykes, M. Brinton; Stewart, Abigail J. – 1982
Virtually all psychological theories assume that early life experiences have an impact on later life choices. However, increasing doubts have been expressed about the universality and permanence of the relationship between women's work and family lives. To explore how early family experiences and early adult decisions affect women's later career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Cohort Analysis, College Graduates
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