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Warrner, Jennifer – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
New hires must prepare to make an immediate impact in a fluctuating and dynamic job market. Teaching career readiness and employability skills helps prepare college students for a job search and, ultimately, success in their careers. This paper discusses how an academic program at a university adapted to prepare students for the workplace during a…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Career Readiness, Employment Potential, Job Skills
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Ring, Gail L.; Waugaman, Chelsea; Brackett, Bob – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2017
This research project investigated how the development of an ePortfolio, combined with ePortfolio pedagogies, impacted the interview performance of undergraduate students as they prepared to enter the job market. Participants were students in the Health Sciences and Biosystems Engineering programs at Clemson University, enrolled in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Career Development
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Houser, Chris; Lemmons, Kelly – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2018
Letters of recommendation are commonly used to assess the potential of undergraduate students to be successful undergraduate research assistants/interns or their potential as graduate students. However, there is evidence to suggest that reference letters can include unconscious (or implicit) bias that can affect decisions and limit opportunities…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Research Assistants, Internship Programs, Student Evaluation
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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
Frantzich, Stephen E. – 1986
This booklet provides information to help prepare undergraduate students for academic internships with the federal government. Most interns serve without pay; however, the opportunity to observe and participate in government provides important guidance for future decisions, and even potential employment opportunities. The student should do…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Employees, Higher Education, Internship Programs