University Graduates’ Employability, Employment Status, and Job Quality

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente González-Romá ◽  
Juan Pablo Gamboa ◽  
José M. Peiró
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Hierarchical Level ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Human And Social Capital ◽  
The University

We investigated whether a set of indicators of the employability dimensions proposed by Fugate, Kinicki, and Asforth (i.e., career identity, personal adaptability, and human and social capital) are related to university graduates’ employment status and five indicators of the quality of their jobs (pay, hierarchical level, vertical and horizontal match, and job satisfaction). We analyzed a representative sample of university graduates ( N = 7,881) from the population of graduates who obtained their degree from the University of Valencia in the period 2006–2010. The results showed that indicators of human and social capital were related to employment status, whereas indicators of human and social capital and career identity were related to distinct job quality indicators. These results support the validity of the conceptual model proposed by Fugate et al. to investigate employability in samples of university graduates.

scholarly journals Personal Employability and employment outcomes in a university sample: a study before and after COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inés Tomás ◽  
Ana Hernández ◽  
Marija Davcheva ◽  
Vicente González-Romá
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Employment Outcomes ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Market Uncertainty ◽  
Job Market ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Before And After

Labour market uncertainty makes difficult to get (and keep) a high-quality job even for graduate students. Moreover, this situation has been worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study is to test the influence that personal employability has on maintaining (or being able to find a new) high-quality job in a sample of young university graduates that faced the job market crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on the four personal employability dimensions of Fugate et al.’s (2004) model: career identity, personal adaptability, human capital, and social capital. Our hypotheses state that the four dimensions of employability are positively related with employment status and with job quality indicators (salary, horizontal fit, job satisfaction). The results obtained in a sample of 136 university graduates show that social capital contributes to being employed after several months of job market uncertainty caused by COVID-19. Moreover, career identity positively predicts horizontal fit and job satisfaction. The study shows the importance of social capital and career identity under uncertain job market situations to foster positive employment outcomes.

scholarly journals The importance of horizontal fit of university student jobs for future job quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden ◽  
Pascale M. Le Blanc ◽  
Ana Hernandez ◽  
Vicente Gonzalez-Roma ◽  
Jesus Yeves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Perceived Employability ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the antecedents of the quality of graduates’ jobs when they enter the job market after university graduation. Design/methodology/approach Survey data collected from 173 Spanish bachelor and master’s degree university graduates at two time points (two months before and six months after graduation, approximately) were analyzed by means of path analysis. Findings A moderated mediation model was tested, where the relationship between the horizontal fit (HF) between the university degree subject and the student’s job and the quality of the graduate’s job after graduation is mediated by self-perceived employability and moderated by the time devoted to a student job. Results showed that the relationship between HF and job quality was partially mediated by self-perceived employability. However, contrary to the proposed hypothesis, this relationship did not depend on the time devoted to a student job. Originality/value This study contributes to improving the understanding about how and why university students’ work experience is related to the quality of their jobs as fresh graduates.

scholarly journals Job Quality in Scotland

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-371 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Sutherland
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Job Security ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Employment Relations ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction

This article examines job quality and job satisfaction for individuals who are employed at workplaces located in Scotland. Using a series of indices constructed from responses in the survey of employees associated with the 2011 Workplace and Employment Relations Study, it investigates how job quality and job satisfaction differ across individuals. It also examines whether job quality and job satisfaction for individuals employed in Scotland are different from individuals employed elsewhere in Britain. Individuals employed at workplaces in Scotland are seen to have positive perspectives about the quality of their jobs. Although most maintain that they work very hard, nonetheless they are seen to have considerable control over most aspects of their jobs; are confident about their job security; and view their workplace managers as being supportive. In terms of differences across individuals, who have higher (lower) levels of job quality depends upon the index of job quality used. With the exception of their pay, individuals are seen to be satisfied with all aspects of their jobs, although the level of satisfaction does vary across individuals. There is little difference between employees located in Scotland and employees located elsewhere in Britain with respect to either job quality or job satisfaction.

QUALITY OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND CAREER OF HR MANAGERS (IN THE ASSESSMENT OF GRADUATES)

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
T. Chernyak
Keyword(s):  
Personnel Management ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Hr Managers ◽  
The University ◽  
And Training

The article discusses the current problems of assessing the quality of professional training of HR managers from the perspective of graduates of the HR direction working in this area.For ten years the author of the article has been assessing the quality of training university graduates as deputy vice rector for organizing practice, employment and promoting employment of graduates. The results of annual studies of satisfaction with the quality of education of all participants in the educational process: students; employers and graduates of the university were an indispensable indicator in the preparation and conduct of accreditation of the university, it has repeatedly reported at conferences and published. The accumulated experience allowed us to conduct annual monitoring studies on the problem of satisfaction with the quality of professional training of graduates of the Department of Personnel Management of the Siberian Institute of Management, a branch of the RANEPA. The article provides only some generalized results of the author's studies in 2017 - 2019 on assessing the quality of professional training and career of specialists from the position of graduates of the department. The author conducts a brief analysis of theoretical foreign and domestic sources to study the problems of assessing the quality of education and training of specialists; considers the problems of development of criteria for assessing the quality of training, external and internal assessment, and the inclusion of certain assessment objects in the assessment, relevant to universities. The practical focus of the article allows us to see both the positive aspects in the training of future specialists in the field of personnel management, and some omissions, which will improve the quality and applied nature of training, taking into account the identified needs of graduates oriented to the demands of the labor market.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF THE APPLICATION OF TACTICAL TRAINING MODELS OF TENNIS PLAYERS IN THE TRADING SHOTS PHASE AND COMPLETION OF THE POINT

2020 ◽  
Vol 13(62) (2) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
F.C. COLIBĂŞANU ◽  
G. BRANIȘTE
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Tennis Players ◽  
Training Models ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
Tactical Training ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The university graduates’ professional insertion represents an important concern for the beneficiaries of the educational process in the contemporary society. The actuality of the problem increases once with the advantages that the university obtains them by applying mechanisms of evidence of the former students’ employability. We have proposed an experimental-practical research, which addresses the problem of the relationship between the educational offer of the university and the labour market, aiming to improve the quality of the educational process by connecting it to social requirements.

Employability during unemployment: Adaptability, career identity and human and social capital

2007 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah McArdle ◽  
Lea Waters ◽  
Jon P. Briscoe ◽  
Douglas T. (Tim) Hall
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Career Identity ◽  
Human And Social Capital

scholarly journals Quality of Education According to the Assessment of University’s Key Partners

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 129-141
Author(s):  
Zh. A. Ermakova ◽  
Yu. N. Nikulina
Keyword(s):  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
State University ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Personnel Needs ◽  
Degree Of Participation ◽  
The University

The article addresses the problems of the quality of education in general, including from the perspective of employers. The authors believe that the mechanism for assessing the quality of education should be implemented through the active participation of the University’s key partners and employers in the educational process.The article presents the results of a study of the level of satisfaction with the quality of education of graduates estimated by enterprises that are the key partners of Orenburg State University (2020). The first set of questions involved an analysis of the degree of participation of employer organizations in the educational process and assessment of the level of training of university graduates. The second block included an assessment of personnel needs and demands on graduates when applying for a job, as well as an analysis of the prospects for developing forms of cooperation between employers in the region and the University.In conclusion, we offer a list of recommendations for improving the effectiveness of internal independent assessment of the quality of education with the involvement of representatives of employers. The list includes recommendations aimed at enhancing their participation in improving the system of training for the region’s economy.

scholarly journals Is Finland Different? Quality of Work Among Finnish and European Employees

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 29-41
Author(s):  
Armi Hartikainen ◽  
Timo Anttila ◽  
Tomi Oinas ◽  
Jouko Nätti
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Multivariate Techniques ◽  
Great Effort ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
European Working

The issue of the quality of work-life has risen in popularity due to concerns about the economic and social sustainability of European societies. Throughout the continent, global competition, technological change and the intensification of work are common developments which are seen to affect the well-being of the workforce. Nevertheless, European countries differ substantially in terms of job quality. According to earlier research, employees in Sweden and Denmark (and to lesser extent in Finland) report a higher quality of work tasks than elsewhere in Europe. The aim of this paper was to investigate, in a cross-national context using multivariate techniques, whether job quality in Finland really is divergent from that of other Nordic countries and rest of the Europe. Empirical analyses were based on the fourth wave of the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) collected in 2005. In this study we used data from the 25 Member States of the European Union and Norway (n=21,196 interviews). Our results support earlier findings that Finland lags behind other Nordic countries in terms of work discretion and the perceptions of being well paid. Instead, Finnish employees were less worried about health issues. When comparing Finland to Scandinavia, we did not find major differences in the amount of highly skilled jobs, insecurity nor the quantity of jobs requiring great effort. We also examined the associations of the dimensions of job quality to job satisfaction. The results indicated that the subjective aspects of job quality were more important determinants of job satisfaction, and that there were only modest differences in the determinants of job satisfaction between country clusters.

What Predicts Job Quality of Vocational Rehabilitation Consumers Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision?

2021 ◽  
pp. 003435522110600
Author(s):  
Michele C. McDonnall ◽  
Jennifer L. Cmar ◽  
Zhen McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
State Agency ◽  
Competitive Employment ◽  
Individual Level

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act emphasizes promoting high-quality, competitive employment for people served by vocational rehabilitation (VR), but few studies have assessed VR consumers’ job quality. The purpose of this study was to investigate job quality and factors that predict the job quality of VR consumers with blindness or low vision (B/LV), taking into consideration their employment status at application. We utilized RSA-911 data of VR consumers with B/LV who were closed in competitive employment during 2015, creating two separate hierarchical linear models to predict job quality for VR consumers (a) who were employed at application and (b) who were not employed at application. We investigated individual-level (consumer personal characteristics and VR services) and state/agency-level predictors. Job quality and some predictors of job quality differed by employment status at application, although the strongest predictors (education level at application, gender, benefit receipt at application, receipt of a bachelor’s or higher degree) were consistent across the models. While several additional individual-level variables were significantly associated with job quality, their effect sizes were very small. With the exception of advancing education to a bachelor’s degree or higher while receiving services, consumer characteristics at application were the primary determinants of their job quality.

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