Getting that important first job

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 395-397
Author(s):  
Karen Lee ◽  
Jane Whitmore
Keyword(s):  
First Job

An Indian Official’s Trials and Struggles

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruchi Ram Sahni
Keyword(s):  
Government College ◽  
Presidency College ◽  
The Government ◽  
First Job

In this brief chapter Ruchi Ram Sahni describes his first job after Government College, Lahore, as Assistant Meteorological Reporter to the Government of India, based first in Calcutta where he was trained, and then in Simla. In Calcutta he attended lectures in Chemistry at the Presidency College in order to work towards an MA degree, and made the acquaintance of men such as Ashutosh Mookerjee, who were later to become prominent figures in Bengal. The chapter follows him to Simla, where he worked under the supervision of Mr H.E. Blanford. Sahni records a great regard for the Englishman’s kindness, contrasting it with the general hierarchical attitude of other Englishmen towards Indians. It is these attitudes that create the ‘trials and struggles’ for Indian officials such as Sahni.

scholarly journals “I actually got my first job through my ex-colleague”: Employment-related information seeking behavior of Bangladeshi immigrants in Canada

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062199280
Author(s):  
Nafiz Zaman Shuva
Keyword(s):  
Information Seeking ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Information Source ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Immigrant Professionals ◽  
Government Of Canada ◽  
First Job

This study explores the employment-related information seeking behaviour of Bangladeshi immigrants in Canada. Using a mixed-methods approach, the study conducted semi-structured interviews with 60 Bangladeshi immigrants in Ontario, Canada, and obtained 205 survey responses. The study highlights the centrality of employment-related settlement among Bangladeshi immigrants in Ontario and reports many immigrants not being able to utilize their education and skills after arrival in Canada. The results show that Bangladeshi immigrants utilize various information sources for their employment in Canada, including friends and professional colleagues, online searchers, and settlement agencies. Although Bangladeshi immigrants utilized a large array of information sources for meeting their employment-related information needs, many interview participants emphasized that the employment-related benefits they received was because of their access to friends and professional colleagues in Canada. The survey results echoed the interview findings. The cross-tabulation results on post-arrival information sources and occupation status as well as first job information sources and occupational status in Canada show a significant association among the use of the information source “friends and professional colleagues in Canada” and immigrants’ occupational status. The study highlights the benefits of professional colleagues among immigrants in employment-related settlement contexts. It also reports the challenges faced by many immigrant professionals related to employment-related settlement because of the lack of access to their professional friends and colleagues in Canada. The author urges the Federal Government of Canada, provincial governments, and settlement agencies working with newcomers to offer services that would connect highly skilled immigrants with their professional networks in Canada, in order to get proper guidance related to obtaining a professional job or alternative career. The author calls for further studies on employment-related information seeking by immigrants to better understand the role information plays in their settlement in a new country.

FIRST JOB

2011 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-198
Author(s):  
JOHN HERSEY
Keyword(s):  
First Job

Who Gets Their First Job at a Large Firm? The Distinct Roles of Education and Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 111 ◽  
pp. 465-469
Author(s):  
Jaime Arellano-Bover
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Large Firm ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Large Firms ◽  
Formative Time ◽  
East And Southeast Asia ◽  
First Job

Young workers' early years in the labor market are a key and formative time. Using data from 31 countries, this article documents the selection of labor market entrants into large firms, which existing literature associates with propitious environments for young workers. The young and inexperienced are underrepresented at large firms compared to experienced and older workers. Entrants who do get their first job at large firms are positively selected in terms of education and cognitive skills. The patterns of large-firm selection (i.e., importance of education vs. skills) somewhat differ between Europe, East and Southeast Asia, and North America.

Substitute Your Way to a Real Job

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-21
Author(s):  
Cathy Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Substitute Teaching ◽  
Human Resource Directors ◽  
First Job

Follow these tips from principals, teachers, and human resource directors to make the most of your substitute teaching experience and use it to get your first job.

Physics doctorates' careers set by their first job

Physics World ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 9-9
Author(s):  
Peter Gwynne
Keyword(s):  
First Job

scholarly journals Double Jeopardy: How Refugees Fare in One European Labor Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dries Lens ◽  
Ive Marx ◽  
Sunčica Vujić
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Integration ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
Labor Market Access ◽  
First Job ◽  
Work Histories ◽  
Longitudinal Dataset

AbstractThis paper examines the labor market trajectories of refugees who arrived in Belgium between 1999 and 2009. Belgium offers a relatively easy formal labor market access to refugees and other types of migrants but they face many other barriers in this strongly regulated and institutionalized labor market. Based on a longitudinal dataset that links respondents’ information from the Belgian Labor Force Survey with comprehensive social security data on their work histories, we estimate discrete-time hazard models to analyze refugees’ entry into and exit out of the first employment spell, contrasting their outcomes with family and labor migrants of the same arrival cohort. The analysis shows that refugees take significantly longer to enter their first employment spell as compared with other migrant groups. They also run a greater risk of exiting out of their first employment spell (back) into social assistance and into unemployment. The low employment rates of refugees are thus not only due to a slow integration process upon arrival, but also reflect a disproportional risk of exiting the labor market after a period in work. Our findings indicate that helping refugees into a first job is not sufficient to ensure labor market participation in the long run, because these jobs may be short-lived. Instead, our results provide clear arguments in favor of policies that support sustainable labor market integration.

scholarly journals EXPLORATORY FACTOR STRUCTURE OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING EXPECTATIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (72) ◽  
pp. 252-270
Author(s):  
Cruz García Lirios
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Public University ◽  
The Public ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
Training Expectations ◽  
First Job ◽  
Selection Of

OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this wok is the exploration of two preponderant dimensions of professional training. MATERIAL AND METHOD: An experimental study was carried out with a non-probabilistic selection of 300 students, considering their insertion in professional practices and social service in organizations allied with the public university. RESULTS: A dual structure of norms and values found with eight indicators explain the formation of job expectations in future professionals. CONCLUSION: The design limited the findings to the research scenario, suggesting the inclusion of other factors as well as the comparison of the model in other vocational training contexts such as the companies that participate in government subsidies to promote the first job in young graduates.

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