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The Prevalence, Sources, and Persistence of Overqualification among Canadian Graduates
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Groleau, Amélie; Smith, Michael R. – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
Previous research has documented substantial overqualification and an association with social disadvantage and fields of study. Overqualification persistence has been less studied. Persistence is more important than prevalence because skill and job matches are likely to involve lags. Our data set allows us to estimate the prevalence, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment Qualifications, Employment Potential
IT Employer and Graduate Assessments Regarding Preparedness in Skills of IT College Graduates Offered Employment
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Waldrop, Gerry L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Securing employment poses a significant problem for information technology (IT) college and university graduates. An overarching purpose of this research was to inform IT faculty, IT hiring managers and IT graduates of which 42 critical IT skills best predict the offering of jobs to graduates and how long it takes graduates to receive such offers.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Information Technology, Technological Literacy, Job Skills
Negative Opinion of Company Environment Mediates Career Choice of Accountancy Students
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Tong, David Yoon Kin; Tong, Xue Fa – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore accountancy students' pre-employment decisions as regards pursuing a career after completing an internship. The paper aims to analyse the mediating effect of aspects of students' training experience in firms as direct/indirect factors which influence their career decisions.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Accounting, Career Choice, Internship Programs
Self-Disclosure of College Graduates with Learning Disabilities.
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Kakela, Megan; Witte, Raymond – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
A study examined variables that 22 college graduates with learning disabilities viewed as important in influencing self-disclosure of their disability to their employer. Less than 30 percent disclosed their disability status. The top reason for disclosure included not being ashamed of their disability and viewing it as part of their individuality.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employer Employee Relationship, Learning Disabilities, Predictor Variables
Harbor in the Storm: Institutional Research in the Age of Accountability. NEAIR 36th Annual Conference Proceedings (Baltimore, Maryland, November 7-10, 2009)
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D'Alessandro, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2009
The NEAIR 2009 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Baltimore, Maryland conference. Papers in this document include: (1) A Principle Components Analysis of The Determinants of Student Satisfaction at a Historically Black Institution (Tao Gong and Jacqueline V. Parham); (2) Assessing and Enhancing Graduates'…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Satisfaction, Black Colleges
Is the Effect of Grades on Early Career Income General or Conditional?
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Pascarella, Ernest T.; Smart, John C. – Review of Higher Education, 1990
A national follow-up study of 3,420 college students found (1) the net positive impact of grades on earnings substantially greater for Black men than White; (2) that grades' impact was not conditioned by college selectivity, major, college race, job type, or employer type; and (3) that direct effects alone underestimate grade impact substantially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, College Graduates, Employers