School-to-work transition: Mentor career support and student career planning, job search intentions, and self-defeating job search behavior

The school-to-work transition (STWT) is a major life event for those who must leave behind their lives as full-time students and begin new lives as a full-time employees. Although much has been written about the STWT, the role and importance of job search has often been neglected. At the same time, research on job search has tended to treat the job-search process as an independent and isolated activity. In this chapter, I describe an integrated model of job search within the context of the STWT. It shows that job search is preceded by a career-planning and development stage and followed by a work-adjustment stage. A successful STWT requires students to engage in a number of behaviors at each stage which should result in numerous outcomes that are necessary for a successful transition to the next stage. The model shows that job search is a critical part of the STWT that connects the career-planning and development stage to the work-adjustment stage. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the implications of the model for job search and STWT research and practice.

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How to successfully manage the school-to-work transition: Integrating job search quality in the social cognitive model of career self-management

Journal of Vocational Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.jvb.2021.103643 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 103643

Author(s):

Jolien Stremersch ◽

Greet Van Hoye ◽

Edwin Van Hooft

Keyword(s):

Job Search ◽

Social Cognitive ◽

Cognitive Model ◽

School To Work ◽

Self Management ◽

School To Work Transition ◽

The Social ◽

Work Transition ◽

Social Cognitive Model ◽

Search Quality

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Employability-oriëntatie van studenten en voorgenomen baanzoekgedrag

Gedrag & Organisatie ◽

10.5117/2007.020.002.005 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Karen van Dam ◽

Linda van der Zanden ◽

Valeria Piras

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Job Search ◽

Career Planning ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Search Behavior ◽

Career Commitment ◽

Work Practice ◽

Job Search Behavior ◽

Future Work ◽

Core Self

Employability orientation of college students Employability orientation of college students K. van Dam, L. van der Zanden & Valeria Piras, Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 20, June 2007, nr. 2, pp. Based on Fugate, Kinicki and Ashforth's (2004) employability model, we investigated students' employability-oriëntation: what is their attitude toward their flexibility and availability in their study and future work situation, and how does this employability-orientation relate to intended job search behavior? Data from 109 students showed that the aspects of personal adaptability (learning orientation, core-self evaluations, and extraversion) had positive relationships with employability-orientation. And whereas career-planning showed a positive relationship, career commitment showed a negative relationship with employability-orientation. In turn, employability-orientation predicted intended job search behavior. In addition, education and work practice made a difference. The findings have theoretical and practical relevance.

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