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Blau, David M. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1992
Reduced form equations performed on data from the Employment Opportunities Pilot Projects found that many employed and unemployed job seekers reject at least one offer before accepting a job. Most accept an offer with a wage below the estimated reservation wage. (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Job Search Methods, Labor Economics, Personnel Selection
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Kerr, Daryl L. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1992
Describes an instructional course program designed to assist students in developing effective job seeking and interviewing skills. Focuses on three main areas: (1) self-assessment, (2) career exploration, and (3) placement. (SR)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Career Exploration, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
Pierson, Max E.; And Others – Executive Educator, 1994
Administrators seeking a dream job need to develop some savvy search and self-presentation strategies. Job seekers should concentrate on only two districts, learn about community issues, investigate district problems and opportunities, and match their strengths with a specific district's needs. Tips are provided for preparing credentials, resumes,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Interviews, Job Search Methods
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Eby, Lillian T.; Buch, Kimberly – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1994
Investigated intrinsic and extrinsic new job characteristics for 516 involuntarily dismissed white-collar workers. Results suggest employment counselors can ease transition into satisfying new jobs by helping clients deal with negative emotional trauma of job loss, encouraging active coping strategies, fostering realistic job expectations, and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Job Search Methods, Physical Activity Level, Professional Personnel
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Augustin, Harriet M. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1991
Discusses critiques by prospective employers of communication students' traditional resumes and application letters. Describes characteristics of nontraditional application letters and resumes based on their comments. (PRA)
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Higher Education, Job Application, Job Search Methods
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Greenly, Robert – Technical Communication, 1993
Gives advice (based on first-hand experience in the aerospace industry) on content, format, writing style, and enhancement techniques that can make successful resumes. Gives examples and how-to tips for producing traditional and out-of-the-ordinary resumes. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Experience, Employment Experience, Job Search Methods, Resumes (Personal)
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Farber, Alan J.; Hotelling, Kathy – College Student Affairs Journal, 1992
Outlines specific guidelines suggested for both candidates and employers who are involved in student affairs job searches. Delineates appropriate standards of professional, ethical, and legal practice for both employers and candidates. Proposed guidelines are grouped into four categories: Information, Scheduling, Laws and Institutional…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Higher Education, Job Applicants, Job Search Methods
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Cunningham-Smith, Lena M. – Business Education Forum, 1993
Explains why training and development is a feasible field for three categories of professional educators: (1) teacher applicants who are unable to find teaching vacancies; (2) teachers who want to supplement their income; (3) teachers who may be thinking of a permanent career change to a related field. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Business Education Teachers, Career Change, Career Planning, Employment Opportunities
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Sullivan, Dan M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1993
Presents advice that professors can give to their students on how to obtain quality, positive job or school references. (PR)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Science, Higher Education, Job Search Methods
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Saks, Alan M.; Ashforth, Blake E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1999
The employment status of 384 college graduates was measured at graduation and four months later. Job-search self-efficacy predicted preparatory and active job search and its intensity, as well as employment status at graduation. Preparatory job-search behavior predicted employment status after four months. (SK)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Level, Individual Differences, Job Search Methods
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Roehling, Mark V.; Winters, Deborah – Journal of Career Planning & Employment, 1999
States survey of college juniors, seniors, and graduate students found that recruiting brochures are the primary job-hunting resource for students. Brochures provide job seekers not only an introduction to and background information about companies, but also a means of selecting prospective employers. Suggested ways to increase effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Business, College Students, Employment Opportunities, Graduate Students
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McCollum, Sylvia G. – Journal of Correctional Education, 1998
Federal prisons have begun holding job fairs for inmates close to being released. Texas prisons have successfully used job fairs to assess inmates' interviewing skills, provide assistance with job placement, and offer interviews with company recruiters. (SK)
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Employment Potential, Job Placement, Job Search Methods
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Sterrett, Emily A. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1998
Links self-efficacy theory with job club methodology by presenting a case study that measured changes in self-efficacy as a result of welfare recipients' participation in a job club. The job club enhanced each of four sources of job search expectations postulated by Bandura (1977, 1982) and resulted in return to work for all participants.…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Case Studies, Job Search Methods, Reentry Workers
Mariani, Matthew – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1999
Suggests where to look for summer employment and includes information about types of jobs, summer employers, job search pointers, and legal issues such as wages, hours, and safety. (Author/JOW)
Descriptors: Job Application, Job Search Methods, Safety, Seasonal Employment
Barkume, Megan – Occupational Outlook Quarterly, 1999
Three programs sponsored by the federal government--School-to-Work, One-Stop Career Centers, and America's Career Kit--make it easy to research career options, provide hands-on experiences, determine what kind of training is required and where to get it, submit a resume, and search for a job. (JOW)
Descriptors: Career Centers, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship, Federal Programs
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