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McArdle, Sarah; Waters, Lea; Briscoe, Jon P.; Hall, Douglas T. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2007
Recently, Fugate et al. [Fugate, M., Kinicki, A. J., & Ashforth, B. E. (2004). Employability: A psycho-social construct, its dimensions, and applications. "Journal of Vocational Behavior, 65"(1), 14] defined employability as a psycho-social construct comprised of three dimensions: (i) adaptability; (ii) career identity; and (iii)…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Employment Potential, Social Capital, Human Capital
Law School Survey of Student Engagement, 2011
The Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE) focuses on activities that affect learning in law school. This year's results show how law students spend their time, what they think about their experience in law school, and guide schools in their efforts to improve engagement and learning. The selected results are based on responses from more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learner Engagement, Legal Education (Professions), Law Students
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Addams, Lon; Woodbury, Denise – American Journal of Business Education, 2009
Business educators understand the value of improving students' written and oral communication skills. However, too often assignments used to develop these important skills are taught in isolation. The purpose of this article is to enhance a student's written and oral skills by integrating all aspects of the job search written documents and…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Job Search Methods, Communication Skills, Business Communication
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Cannata, Marisa – Teachers College Record, 2010
Background/Context: There is an extensive body of research on school and student characteristics associated with teacher career decisions that has contributed greatly to our knowledge of teacher preferences. Yet this research also has a number of limitations, including a lack of attention to the sociocultural influences on teacher careers and the…
Descriptors: Familiarity, Job Search Methods, Metropolitan Areas, Teacher Attitudes
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Kamler, Estelle – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2009
Background: Massive retirements, increased expectations, and mounting political pressures have resulted in a diminished talent pool for school superintendents. For school boards of the 124 school districts on Long Island, New York, the selection of a superintendent has been further complicated by sky-rocketing taxes and scandals leading to an…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Labor Supply, Research Design, Job Search Methods
Kocoglu, Zeynep – Online Submission, 2008
There has been vast evidence to support the potential of electronic portfolios (e-portfolio) as tools for enhancing reflective thinking and professional development of student teachers. However, no study has been carried out to specifically determine English as a Foreign Language (EFL) student teachers' perceptions on the role of e-portfolios in…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Student Teachers, Professional Development, Foreign Countries
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Murphy, Gregory C.; King, Neville J. – Behavior Analyst Today, 2007
Post-injury vocational achievement is an important index of successful rehabilitation. This study involved the identification of factors reported to influence (positively or negatively) labour force participation of people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Forty participants were selected from a larger study of 450 based on the most extreme…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Injuries, Rehabilitation Programs, Rehabilitation
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Moorhouse, Anne; Caltabiano, Marie L. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 2007
This study examined adult resilience in the context of the adversity of unemployment. Seventy-seven unemployed job seekers completed a self-report survey containing the Resilience Scale (G. M. Wagnild & H. M. Young, 1993), Centre for Epidemiologic Studies-Depressed Mood Scale (L. S. Radloff, 1977), and the Assertive Job Hunting Survey (H. A.…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Unemployment, Job Applicants, Depression (Psychology)
Loeb, Marshall – Fortune, 1996
The most important factor in changing jobs is to research the new company thoroughly and have a compelling reason to leave the old one. Once the boss has been informed of the decision to leave, the worker should conduct business as though he or she were staying. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Job Search Methods
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Izzo, Margo Vreeburg; Yurick, Amanda; Nagaraja, Haikady N.; Novak, Jeanne A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
A pretest-posttest control group experimental design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of EnvisionIT, a 10-unit web-based curriculum designed to teach secondary students information technology (IT) skills in the context of transition-planning activities. Fifteen high schools were stratified by socioeconomic status and randomly assigned to the…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Information Technology, Instructional Effectiveness, Conventional Instruction
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Summerville, Jennifer; Bolliger, Doris U. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
The job seeking and candidate selection process in academia can be mystifying to recent or soon to be graduates. Many graduate students have expressed concern about the fact that they do not feel quite prepared for the application process, and they have raised many questions while attending sessions and visiting on-site job placement centers at…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Development, Graduates, Educational Technology
Shaw, Alexander; Gold, Deborah; Wolffe, Karen – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2007
This article describes the results in the employment domain of a larger study of the lifestyles of 328 Canadian youths, aged 15-21 and 22-30, 131 of whom were blind and 197 of whom had low vision. The youths completed a survey on their work-related experiences, including their current employment status and job-search strategies. In addition to…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Age, Education Work Relationship, Visual Impairments
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Stainback, Kevin – Social Forces, 2008
Scholarly literature and the media often tout "networking" as an effective route for obtaining quality employment. Some scholars, however, have cautioned that racially segregated social networks may produce racially segregated workgroups and differential opportunity structures over time. Drawing from theoretical perspectives pertaining to social…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Social Networks, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Smallwood, Carol, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2011
Fewer employees, shorter hours, diminished collection budgets, reduced programs and services--all at a time of record library usage. In this book, library expert Carol Smallwood demonstrates that despite the obvious downsides, the necessity of doing business differently can be positive, leading to partnering, sharing, and innovating. This…
Descriptors: Library Services, Employment Interviews, Job Search Methods, Career Information Systems
Vaughn, Jeannette W. – Journal of Business Education, 1984
Discusses a survey of job recruiters regarding resumes; two categories were included in the questionnaire: (1) the mechanics, such as form, length, appearance, spelling, grammar, and organization, and (2) the content of the resume. (JOW)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Job Applicants, Job Search Methods
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