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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
Cohort and Education as Predictors of Temporary Employment, and Their Relation to Low Wages and Socioeconomic Classification for Young People in Sweden
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Reichenberg, Olof – Journal of Education and Work, 2019
The purpose of my paper is to describe and explain the probability of staying in temporary work for young people (age 16-27) in Sweden between 1992 and 2011 and its relation to socioeconomic outcomes (low socioeconomic classification and wage). I used panel data from the Swedish Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the longitudinal integration database…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Predictor Variables, Temporary Employment, Wages
Effects of Business Internships on Job Marketability: The Employers' Perspective
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Gault, Jack; Leach, Evan; Duey, Marc – Education & Training, 2010
Purpose: This paper seeks to report the results of an empirical investigation of the relationship between internship participation and student employment marketability. The study aims to identify the value that employers attribute to internships as a qualification for employment and as a factor in determining compensation.…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes
Nonverbal Behaviors within Communicator Style as Possible Predictors of Hireability in Employment Interviews.
Sampugnaro, Vincent J.; And Others – 1983
A study was conducted to identify the nonverbal behaviors predicting hireability, as well as the nonverbal behaviors candidates employ that predict hireability. Subjects were 25 campus recruiters, each of whom was given a cover letter explaining the purpose of the study and three copies of a Likert-type questionnaire on a single communicator…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Employer Attitudes, Employment Interviews
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
Labor Market Experience of Teenagers with and without High School Diplomas.
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Stern, David; And Others – 1986
The rationale for high school dropout reduction programs rests mainly on evidence that graduates are more successful than dropouts in the labor market. It is not evident, however, whether this difference is attributable to the diploma itself or to underlying characteristics that affect both graduation and labor market success. This paper estimates…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, Education Work Relationship