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P. M., Nimmi; Joshy, Lishin Moothery – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
Channelized job search powered by perceived employability could help graduates to successfully launch a sustainable career and navigate the job market effectively. The paper develops novel ways to improve the job search process by detailing the interlinking mechanism between perceived employability and active job search. The authors also enquired…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Job Search Methods, Case Studies, Management Development
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K.A., Zakkariya; P.M., Nimmi; A., Smitha Pradeep – Journal of International Education in Business, 2021
Purpose: Perceived employability (PE) is considered as a significant psychological resource that aids individuals in tackling the complex career snags he/she faces. The purpose of this study is to develop and empirically test a theoretical model that explains how PE affects two types of job search behaviour (JSB) by bringing in job search learning…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Employment Potential, Labor Market, Goal Orientation
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Carmichael, Fiona; Darko, Christian; Kanji, Shireen – Education Economics, 2021
Education is key to development strategies in Africa. We use overeducation and undereducation to analyse the effectiveness of education in preparing individuals for employment in Kenya and Ghana, using the Skills Towards Employment and Productivity Survey. Systematic differences in wages between matched, overeducated and undereducated workers hold…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Job Search Methods, Social Networks, Foreign Countries
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Batistic, Saša; Tymon, Alex – Education & Training, 2017
Purpose: Drawing on the overarching framework of social capital theory, the purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically examine networking behaviour and employability within the higher education context. Design/methodology/approach: In a sample of 376 full-time business students the authors measured perceived employability, networking…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Employment Potential, Goal Orientation, Access to Information
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Jackson, Denise; Wilton, Nicholas – Teaching in Higher Education, 2016
This paper explores undergraduate capabilities in career self-management and the influence of work-integrated learning (WIL). Career management competencies are an important aspect of individual employability and impact on wellbeing, graduate job attainment and long-term career success. Enhanced competencies among graduates can assist Faculty in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Careers, Career Exploration
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Pavlin, Samo; Svetlicic, Marjan – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2012
This paper studies the relationship between competitiveness and higher education systems in Europe. It explores whether more competitive countries have developed more labour-market-oriented systems of higher education (HE) that thereby give their graduates greater short term employability potential. Based on and a large-scale survey among 45.000…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Competition
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Chan, Wing Kit – Chinese Education and Society, 2012
Since 2003, Chinese university students have faced a dangerous level of unemployment after graduation. Current trends indicate that the situation is likely to remain at this level for some time. This article argues that it is difficult to generalize that there has been a decline in the competitiveness of all university students in the job market…
Descriptors: Graduates, Social Class, Employment Patterns, Human Capital