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Improving Student Job Placement and Assessment through the Use of Digital Marketing Certification Programs
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Staton, Mark G. – Marketing Education Review, 2016
The area of digital marketing is a difficult one for course development. Not only is it a relatively new topic area--having become popular after many marketing faculty completed their academic training--it is a constantly changing one wherein "innovative" tools are continuously being replaced within the industry. After uncovering what…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Certification, Marketing, Social Media
Economic Analysis of Job-Related Attributes in Undergraduate Students' Initial Job Selection
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Jin, Yanhong H.; Mjelde, James W.; Litzenberg, Kerry K. – Education Economics, 2014
Economic tradeoffs students place on location, salary, distances to natural resource amenities, size of the city where the job is located, and commuting times for their first college graduate job are estimated using a mixed logit model for a sample of Texas A&M University students. The Midwest is the least preferred area having a mean salary…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Salaries, Geographic Location, College Graduates
Understanding Anticipatory Socialization for New Student Affairs Professionals
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Lombardi, Kara M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the anticipatory socialization experiences of new student affairs professionals. The focus was to gain a deeper understanding of how new professionals experience their anticipatory socialization, specifically the job search and pre-entry communication with their new organizations. The theory that emerged…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Socialization, Job Search Methods, Employment Potential
Replacing America's Job Bank
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Vollman, Jim – Community College Journal, 2009
The Job Central National Labor Exchange (www.jobcentral.com) has become the effective replacement for America's Job Bank with state workforce agencies and, increasingly, with community colleges throughout the country. The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has formed a partnership with Job Central to promote its use throughout the…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Job Placement, Community Colleges, Career Centers
From the Classroom to the Boardroom
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Nealy, Michelle J. – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2007
Dwayne Ashley, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), is an unruffled perfectionist who is never satisfied with the status quo. When a challenge presents itself, Ashley eagerly seeks out a solution. His motto: find a way or make one. This article describes Ashley's solution when he discovered that corporate America was not…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Dress Codes, Databases, School Counselors
Your First Academic Position: Job-Seeking Advice for Recent or Soon-to-Be Graduates in the Field of Instructional Technology and Design
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Summerville, Jennifer; Bolliger, Doris U. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
The job seeking and candidate selection process in academia can be mystifying to recent or soon to be graduates. Many graduate students have expressed concern about the fact that they do not feel quite prepared for the application process, and they have raised many questions while attending sessions and visiting on-site job placement centers at…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Career Development, Graduates, Educational Technology