In India, 80% of graduating engineers remain either underemployed or unemployed due to lack of specific professional and generic skills. This study focuses on understanding how engineering graduates can psychologically orient themselves concerning their career opportunities. Specifically, this study looks at the intersection between career…

Many new Ph.D.s are not prepared for a competitive interview process in seeking a first job. The University of Washington (UW) designed the Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar (DYSS) to rectify this problem with three goals: simulate a visit associated with many interviews and a one-hour seminar; make UW graduate students aware of where they fit…

Few, if any, marketing students are adequately prepared to conduct a thorough job search that will lead them to enjoyable, meaningful employment upon graduation. We present a method we have used in several classes that helps demystify the job search process for students. Using our approach, students have been able to discover their career passions…

Purpose: This paper aims to explore and investigate student perceptions as to what generic skills they considered were important for accountants and to what extent these skills were developed by their programme of study. Design/methodology/approach: Data gathered from 357 UK undergraduate accounting degree graduates were used to develop insights…

In recent years, research that has identified instructional leadership as a key ingredient in effective schools has meant that attention has been directed increasingly at the ways in which future school administrators are being prepared. As a consequence, many universities have worked to develop administrator preparation programs that will enable…

Mentoring girls is a challenge. Girls will come to mentors with hard questions and great hope. Sometimes mentors will be able to help make their lives better; other times they will feel that they have not done very much. This guide serves as a road map for mentors. This guide focuses on a very important step in young women's journey toward…

At the University of Rhode Island, videotapes of actual interviews have been used to help students improve interview techniques. With the aid of editing and narration the final tape becomes a valuable instructional tool. (Author)

Four recently employed University of Maryland faculty members discuss successful strategies for entering the academic job market. (SK)

The author elaborates his experiences with three different career counselors at a branch of an employment service. Although all three counselors worked toward the same goal, their methods were different, and the unique approach of one counselor, the "dream weaver," left a lasting impression in the author's mind. (Author)

Outlines interviewing and job application procedures for journalism majors wishing to teach at the college level. (RB)

Responses from 70 firms to questionnaires from the College of Business at Ohio University provide a profile of employer perceptions of the candidate and the interview situation. (Author)

Recruitment is discussed in relation to the fact that few individuals understand the behavioral aspects of the college recruitment interview. (Author)

The purpose of this booklet is to aid high school and college instructors in designing and teaching units or courses in the fundamentals of informational and employment interviewing. The theory section of this work provides a definition of related communications principles, and an analysis of the dynamics of informational and employment…

To gauge the interest of employers in interviewing alumni on campus, the career services staff at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville developed and distributed a questionnaire to campus recruiters from 130 organizations. Questions from survey participants' responses are included. Results indicate that a high percentage were interested in…

This guide is designed to assist students at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in preparing for an interview and job search. The following topics are included: (1) steps to take before approaching an information interview; (2) how to research the literature on individuals and organizations in a chosen career area; (3) the necessary…