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Taylor, M. Susan – Journal of College Placement, 1984
Surveyed 118 business students to examine the utility of job sources and strategies. Results showed the placement office was the most heavily used source, followed by direct applications. Most students used a form of maximizing strategy and indicated a need to rely on a wide range of job sources. (JAC)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, Higher Education, Job Placement
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Goss, Ernst P.; Schoening, Niles C. – Journal of Human Resources, 1984
Unemployed in distressed regions of the United States have been reluctant to move to areas of greater employment opportunities. By establishing a negative correlation between weeks of job search and probability of migration, this study is able to provide a partial explanation for lack of a positive relationship between outmigration rates and…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Job Search Methods, Labor Turnover, Motivation
Gurney, Darrell W. – 2002
This chapter provides an overview of the role and responsibilities of a recruiter or headhunter, and specifically how those responsibilities differ from those of career counselors, coaches, resume writers, or unemployment office workers. The mentalities of both the recruiter and employee are also explored. The benefits of using a headhunter for…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Employment Services, Job Applicants, Job Placement
Troutman, Kathryn Kraemer – 2003
This paper compares searching for a Federal Job to taking up a new sport. Becoming good at a sport takes lessons and coaching, study of the rules, practice, investment in equipment and special clothes, time to play, scheduling, and ongoing interest with friend who enjoy the same sport. An Expert Player/Jobseeker in the Federal Job Search System…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Federal Government, Government Employees
Branham, F. Leigh – Personnel Journal, 1983
Discusses ways to evaluate outplacement services that are designed to provide displaced executives with skills assessment, resume development, interview preparation, a place from which to work, and continued training and counseling to ensure a smooth career transition. (JOW)
Descriptors: Dismissal (Personnel), Employment Interviews, Employment Services, Evaluation Methods
Canadian Vocational Journal, 1981
Canada's Jobscan is being developed as an effective automated worker-job matching system which also has applications in the administration of unemployment insurance by assisting clients in their active job search and through the actual identification of valid alternative employment opportunities. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
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Carcagno, George J.; And Others – Journal of Human Resources, 1982
This paper presents the results of an experiment in which private employment agencies were used to place public assistance clients in jobs. Contains brief descriptions of the experiment and the AFDC clients who participated in it. Key experimental findings are outlined and policy implications are discussed. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Employment Services, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
Goetsch, David L. – School Shop, 1981
Vocational instructors and placement counselors have a responsibility to teach rural students how to find jobs in other towns and how to deal with relocation problems. This includes the use of business and industry directories and newspaper want ads; portfolio preparation; taxes, housing, transportation, and other considerations. (CT)
Descriptors: Directories, Employment Counselors, Job Search Methods, Newspapers
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Wollert, James A. – Journalism Educator, 1977
Provides advice to journalism graduate students seeking academic positions. (KS)
Descriptors: Career Opportunities, Higher Education, Job Search Methods, Journalism
Mariani, Matthew – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1997
Discusses major aspects of one-stop career centers as a system and shows how people use the centers. Also lists contacts for more information about currently operating centers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Centers, Employment Services, Federal Programs, Job Search Methods
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Addison, John T.; Blackburn, McKinley L. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1997
Data from the Displaced Worker Surveys appear to show that those who got advance notice are more likely to avoid unemployment, but if unemployed, they tend to remain so longer. Analysis suggests a measurement error as the cause. Although notified workers have more time to conduct a job search, their predisplacement search is not necessarily…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Error of Measurement, Job Search Methods, Unemployment
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Kimeldorf, Martin – Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 1997
Explains the benefits of career portfolios in an uncertain job market. Suggests how a portfolio can assist in career development and offers items to consider including in a professional portfolio: documentation of education and training, evidence of work performance, and examples of skills with data, people, and things. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Development, Job Search Methods
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Hoi, Andrew Poh Sui; Keng-Howe, Irene Chew; Fie, Albert Liau Kien – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2003
Measures of self-esteem, job search behavior and cultural values were completed by 899 Singaporean postsecondary students. Self-esteem was not related to informal job sources (family, friends) but significantly related to formal ones (ads, employment agencies). Perceived Asian values were a powerful predictor of reliance on informal sources. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Job Search Methods, Postsecondary Education
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Backhaus, Kristin – Career Development International, 2003
A study of 175 job seekers aged 18-60 indicated that years of work experience were not related to the importance placed on person-organization fit. Having experienced poor fit made it more important to future job searches. Desire for personal control was positively related to the importance of fit. Both situational and dispositional factors…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Job Search Methods, Self Determination, Work Environment
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Osborn, David P. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Assessed hypotheses concerning noncompensatory model of organizational choice with graduating college students (N=96) who provided information regarding organizations they were interviewing with, as well as measures of acceptability and choice for their various alternatives. Results indicated that subjects did use various minimum/special…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Higher Education, Job Applicants, Job Search Methods
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