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Employers' Perceptions of the Benefits of Employment Electronic Portfolios
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Leahy, Ronda L.; Filiatrault, Ariana – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine employers' perceptions of the effectiveness of employment electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) when evaluating potential job candidates. For the purpose of this study, ePortfolios were defined as a collection of electronic files that demonstrates one's qualifications, abilities, and experiences that are…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Electronic Publishing, Portfolios (Background Materials), Portfolio Assessment
Sales Role-Plays and Mock Interviews: An Investigation of Student Performance in Sales Competitions
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Mani, Sudha; Kothandaraman, Prabakar; Kashyap, Rajiv; Ashnai, Bahar – Journal of Marketing Education, 2016
Sales competitions provide students with opportunities to apply their understanding of sales. Despite a long tradition of scholarship on sales role-plays, the answer to what drives student performance in sales competitions remains elusive. In this research, we examine how motivation (work engagement) and ability (cognitive aptitude and…
Descriptors: Salesmanship, Competition, Role Playing, Interviews
Anxiety and Self-Efficacy as Sequential Mediators in US College Students' Career Preparation
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Deer, LillyBelle K.; Gohn, Kelsey; Kanaya, Tomoe – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: Current college students in the USA are reporting higher levels of anxiety over career planning than previous generations, placing pressure on colleges to provide effective career development opportunities for their students. Research has consistently found that increasing career-related self-efficacy is particularly effective at…
Descriptors: College Students, Career Planning, Career Development, Anxiety
Initial Evaluations in the Interview: Relationships with Subsequent Interviewer Evaluations and Employment Offers
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Barrick, Murray R.; Swider, Brian W.; Stewart, Greg L. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2010
The authors of this study examine how evaluations made during an early stage of the structured interview (rapport building) influence end of interview scores, subsequent follow-up employment interviews, and actual internship job offers. Candidates making better initial impressions received more internship offers (r = 0.22) and higher interviewer…
Descriptors: Employment Interviews, Interpersonal Relationship, Evaluation, Employment
Action-State Orientation and the Theory of Planned Behavior: A Study of Job Search in China
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Song, Zhaoli; Wanberg, Connie; Niu, Xiongying; Xie, Yizhong – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
Job search is an important element of people's careers and is especially critical for unemployed individuals. The current study surveyed a sample of 328 unemployed job seekers in China to test hypotheses related to the theory of planned behavior and action-state orientation theory. Results of the three-wave longitudinal study demonstrated that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Search Methods, Careers, Unemployment
Negative Affect and Job Search: Further Examination of the Reverse Causation Hypothesis
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Crossley, Craig D.; Stanton, Jeffrey M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2005
The present study examined a longitudinal model of state and trait negative affect as predictors of job-search success. Job-search self-efficacy and job-search intensity were also examined as mediators of the negative affect--job-search success relation. Overall the model offered mixed support for Kasl's (1982) Reverse Causation Hypothesis.…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Hypothesis Testing, Self Efficacy, Models