Educational credentials are clearly linked to economic success, but the reasons for this link are not clear. Common theoretical approaches provide explanations but lack direct employer perspectives on credentials' meaning and the context in which employers make sense of credentials. In this study, I used an alternative perspective based in Meyer's…

With the great number of candidates in the job market today, the necessity for school officials to work through placement offices when recruiting, evaluating, and selecting teachers is emphasized. Credentials play a large part in the evaluation and selection and must be kept up to date. (Author)