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Smith, Sasha D. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Graduates who have disabilities experience difficulty finding their first job after completing college. The transition-age period of 18 to 30 is a stage of life when receiving vocational rehabilitation (VR) support is critical to increase chances of graduates with disabilities towards competitive employment and earnings. Current literature suggest…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Disabilities, Employment
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Pascale Dubois; Frédéric Guay; Marie-Catherine St-Pierre – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2023
Background & aims: Youth with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk of experiencing challenges during their job search. It is thus crucial to promote efficient job search behaviors in terms of effort, intensity, and self-regulation. Based on self-determination theory (SDT), we verified the role of autonomous and controlled…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Job Search Methods, Motivation
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Katie Knapp; David Drewery – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2025
Work-integrated learning (WIL) students are exposed to a range of stressors that can impact wellbeing. However, there is a paucity of research exploring stress prior to the work experience, such as in the job search and application process. To address this issue, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 undergraduate first-year…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, College Freshmen, Stress Variables, Job Applicants
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Shi Hu; Leili Jin; Michelle Hood; Peter A. Creed – Journal of Career Development, 2024
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for young people in the labor market. Based on an evolutionary life history perspective, we tested how and when perceived scarcity of job opportunities during the pandemic related to job search outcomes. Using a sample of Master's student graduates (N = 1434; 40.2% female; mean age 25.6 years)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Graduate Students
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Adelo Wobse, Belete; Haile Menuta, Yohannes; Debu Liga, Abebe – Cogent Education, 2022
In Sub-Saharan African countries like Ethiopia, the waiting time for graduates before having their first job is very high. This study aimed at predicting the waiting time to get their first job and the effects of the associated factors. A retrospective study was conducted based on the 2021 graduate tracer survey data at Wolkite University. By…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Employment Potential, Employment Patterns
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Tran, Ly Thi; Phan, Huong Le Thanh; Tan, George; Rahimi, Mark – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
Despite a significant number of international graduates staying in the host countries on post-graduation visas, their experiences in gaining access to the host labour market are less documented. This article addresses this critical but under-researched topic. It discusses the ecological circumstances impacting international graduates'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, International Education, Labor Market
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Iskander, Lee – Journal of Education Human Resources, 2022
People who are nonbinary--one of many kinds of trans identity that do not fit neatly within a man/woman binary--face particular challenges when seeking employment in P-12 schools, which have historically been places where rigid gender norms are strictly enforced. This paper draws on semistructured interviews conducted in 2018 to explore how 16…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Sexual Identity, Teachers
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Georgiou, Konstantina; Nikolaou, Ioannis; Turban, Daniel B. – Journal of Career Development, 2021
The purpose of this study is to explore whether training job seekers in the positive psychological resource of psychological capital (PsyCap) facilitates their job search activities and outcomes. Adopting a quasi-experimental design, we examined the impact of the PsyCap training on job seekers success. Our findings demonstrated that those who…
Descriptors: Training, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Self Efficacy
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Kao, Kuo-Yang; Lee, Hui-Ting; Rogers, Altovise; Hsu, Hao-Hsin; Lin, Mi-Ting – Journal of Career Development, 2021
Limited research exists around how to effectively enhance the job search behaviors and self-efficacy of job seekers during the job search process. In the current study, we investigated whether mentoring functions (i.e., career and psychosocial functions) are related to job search behaviors through job search self-efficacy. Moreover, we tested the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Job Search Methods, Self Efficacy, Self Management
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Kanar, Adam M.; Bouckenooghe, Dave – Journal of Career Development, 2022
This study aimed to understand the role of regulatory focus for influencing self-directed learning activities during a job search. The authors surveyed 185 job-searching university students at two time points to explore the conditions under which regulatory focus (promotion and prevention foci) impacts self-directed learning activities and the…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Job Search Methods, Job Applicants, Objectives
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Yoon, Hyung Joon; Ahn, Sungsik; Kang, Eun Hee – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2019
The purpose of this study was to develop a job-seeking competency model for North Korean defectors (NKDs) who are college students in South Korea. This study adopted the Delphi method with a panel of 17 experts, comprising of NKDs who secured their jobs successfully and South Korean field experts who have hired NKDs or assisted them with their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, College Students, Job Applicants
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Takeshita, Hiroshi; Ohtani, Tetsuhiro – Psychology of Education Review, 2020
Purpose: In Japan, high school students who seek employment can apply to only one company at a time at the school's recommendation, and cannot decline a job offer. This shortens the time available for helping students' career selection process, resulting in problems related to effective support and students' consent. Nonetheless, the actual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Employment, Decision Making
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Aboagye, Bernard; Puoza, Julius Caesar – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2021
Although the Government of Ghana gives considerable attention to technical education to accelerate national development, some graduates remain unemployed for years after graduation. In this study, employability of mechanical engineering graduates from Sunyani Technical University of Ghana is presented. It assessed the employment status and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Engineering Education, College Graduates
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Varshavskaya, Elena; Podverbnykh, Ulyana – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to analyse the prevalence and effectiveness of methods and strategies for job searches amongst recent graduates of Russian universities. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical analysis is carried out on data from the Russian Graduate Survey 2016, which is representative of individuals graduating during…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Job Applicants, College Graduates, Public Colleges
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Mason, Claire M.; Chen, Haohui; Evans, David; Walker, Gavin – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how skills taxonomies can be used in combination with machine learning to integrate diverse online datasets and reveal skills gaps. The purpose of this study is then to show how the skills gaps revealed by the integrated datasets can be used to achieve better labour market alignment, keep educational…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Data Analysis
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