scholarly journals Knocking on employment’s door: internships and job attainment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisela Di Meglio ◽  
Andrés Barge-Gil ◽  
Ester Camiña ◽  
Lourdes Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Job Attainment

scholarly journals Social networks and unemployment exit in Great Britain

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 1205-1226
Author(s):  
Panos Sousounis ◽  
Gauthier Lanot
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Unemployment Duration ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Attainment ◽  
Discrete Time Hazard Model ◽  
Direct Measures

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect employed friends have on the probability of exiting unemployment of an unemployed worker according to his/her educational (skill) level. Design/methodology/approach In common with studies on unemployment duration, this paper uses a discrete-time hazard model. Findings The paper finds that the conditional probability of finding work is between 24 and 34 per cent higher per period for each additional employed friend for job seekers with intermediate skills. Social implications These results are of interest since they suggest that the reach of national employment agencies could extend beyond individuals in direct contact with first-line employment support bureaus. Originality/value Because of the lack of appropriate longitudinal information, the majority of empirical studies in the area assess the influence of social networks on employment status using proxy measures of social interactions. The current study contributes to the very limited empirical literature of the influence of social networks on job attainment using direct measures of social structures.

Job Seeking patterns of Female and Male Ph.D. Recipients

1981 ◽  
Vol 5 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 690-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura C. Leviton ◽  
Susan E. Whitely
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Career Advancement ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Home Life ◽  
Career Values ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Job Attainment ◽  
The Difference

A questionnaire survey of female and male Ph.D's was undertaken to examine sex differences in job seeking, job attainment, and factors influencing career advancement. Women and men held generally similar values with respect to home life and a career, but women rated both home and career values somewhat more highly than men. Women also reported more conflicts in pursuing a career. Although job quality did not differ by sex, job seeking patterns of women and men differed: men sought more jobs and obtained more offers. The difference in job seeking patterns combined with the somewhat greater reported job conflicts indicates that these women overcame obstacles in the way of their career advancements. Possible explanations are explored.

scholarly journals Experiences of young adolescent mothers regarding adolescent motherhood in Oshana region

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina A. David ◽  
Agnes Van Dyk ◽  
Daniel Opotamutale Ashipala
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Mothers ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Adolescent Motherhood ◽  
Early Motherhood ◽  
Analysis Process ◽  
Job Attainment ◽  
Mental Maturity ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Education Support ◽  
Contextual Study

Background and objective: Adolescence is generally understood as a period of growing to maturity, transition from childhood to adulthood with physical and mental maturity. Nowadays girls enter puberty as young as 9 years which pose a health risk to adolescent pregnancy and early motherhood. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the experiences of adolescent mothers as regards motherhood in Oshana region.Methods: A qualitative, explorative, descriptive and contextual study was conducted among adolescent mothers in Oshana Region of Namibia regards their experiences on adolescent motherhood. Thematic analysis following Tesch’s analysis process was employed.Results: The findings of this study revealed that having a baby at a younger age have a negative effect on their future plans. It is an unfortunate fact that emerged from the study that many adolescent mothers lack the required form of support or social assistance both during pregnancy and in raising their children in the economically driven world of today. It is an unfortunate fact that emerged from the study that many adolescent mothers lack the required form of support or social assistance both during pregnancy and in raising their children in the economically driven world of today. It appeared that having a child gives an added impetus to their lives; and they felt that every decision or step they made would impact their babies’ lives in one way or another.Conclusions: It appeared that having a child gives an added impetus to their lives; and they felt that every decision or step they made would impact their babies’ lives in one way or another. They experienced distorted inter-personal relationships with families and friends related to motherhood as well as challenges on bringing up a baby and baby care. However adolescent mothers also had future ambitions on education, support, relationships and job attainment.

Tourism and hospitality employment motivation, success perception, job attainment strategies and post-secondary education aspiration among high school students

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Glenn F. Ross
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Further Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Secondary School Education ◽  
Job Attainment ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality Industry ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

Schein (1991) has argued that it is of critical importance to understand and facilitate the process of adaptation in career choice among older teenagers. This study has investigated career choice adaptation among Australian high school students in regard to the tourism and hospitality industry, a context which offers growing potential for employment and careers for many Australian school leavers. Five hundred and ninety-four students enrolled in Years 11 and 12 in five State high schools from the Far North Queensland region were sampled so as to examine work motivation, success perception, job attainment strategies and further education preferences in respect of employment in the tourism and hospitality industry. Many students demonstrated high levels of motivation to attain tourism and hospitality industry employment on leaving school, but were somewhat less confident of attaining such employment. Technical and Further Education (TAFE) training was most highly ranked as the preferred mode of post-secondary school education. It was also found that those students who demonstrated no preparedness to consider post-secondary school education were more likely to opt for a job attainment strategy involving present skill requirements of employers, whereas male students were more likely to opt for a job attainment strategy which focused on good health alone. Further analyses revealed high vocational motivation and high success perception to be associated with a job attainment strategy involving the anticipation of future requirements of employers. Universities were regarded as suitable for providing high academic qualifications, whereas TAFE institutions were regarded as suitable for providing qualifications appropriate to present employer requirements. Finally In-house training was regarded as highly suitable forequippingstudents with skills and training appropriate to anticipated future requirements of employers. This study has delineated clear patterns of adaptation in regard to tourism and hospitality industry career choice perceptions, and has thus provided some basic understanding of the adaptation process in career choice regarding the Australian tourism and hospitality industry, together with some directions for further research in this area. The implications of these findings for students, careers counsellors and for the tourism and hospitality industry are examined.

More Job Services—Better Employment Outcomes: Increasing Job Attainment for People With IDD

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 402-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Nord ◽  
Renee Hepperlen
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Job Attainment

Abstract Job search, job placement, and on-the-job supports are valuable services provided to many people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) to obtain work in the community. Investigating those who were unemployed at the time of service entry, this study seeks to extend understanding about the effect of services. Using extant data, a sample of 39,277 people with IDD using Vocational Rehabilitation services were studied to understand the potential cumulative effects of these job-related services and individual characteristics on job attainment. Findings showed people with IDD of different demographic groups had different outcomes. Also, those receiving three job-related services were 16 times more likely to obtain employment than the reference group. This study has wide implications for research, policy, and practice.

scholarly journals Neoliberal discourses in Spanish for business: An ethnographic classroom study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-49
Author(s):  
Jesse W. Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Language For Specific Purposes ◽  
Market Rationality ◽  
Job Attainment ◽  
Student Participant ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Contemporary Education ◽  
Education Courses

AbstractBeginning in the 1970s, education has responded to the rise of neoliberalism across macro-, meso-, and micro-level contexts through shifts in practice and structure. Meanwhile, language learning is often promoted as an instrument in job attainment and transnational business communication. For example, in language education, courses in language for specific purposes, whose ubiquity continues to increase, often reflect the market rationality embedded in contemporary education and support an instrumental orientation to language learning. This ethnographic study investigates the neoliberal discourses taken up by students and the instructor in a university-level Spanish for Business classroom. Drawing on triangulated data from classroom observations, field notes, informal interviews with students and the instructor, and a semi-formal interview with a focal student participant, the findings suggest that competition, compliance, and individualism were among the ideological discourses of the classroom. However, while societal and institutional discourses of neoliberalism were often interpellated, they were also resisted. Implications for praxis are also discussed.

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