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Download full textFernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L. – Congressional Research Service, 2018
This report provides current and historical labor force information about young people ages 16 to 24. In general, youth have a lower rate of labor force participation, and those who are in the labor force are less likely to gain employment than older workers. On the labor supply side, young people are making greater investments in education by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Labor Force, Labor Market
Peer reviewedCassandra Spencer; April Perry – William & Mary Educational Review, 2015
It is a common misconception among students that following graduation there will be an abundance of job opportunities, and by simply earning a degree, they will be competitive in the job market. Through a review of relevant literature, this article examines college graduate employment statistics and the skills employers desire most in new hires.…
Descriptors: College Students, Employment Potential, Career Readiness, Experiential Learning
Direct linkNakayama, Minoru – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
Graduates in the areas of Science and Technology are believed to have traditionally been employed in a number of specific industries, but the recent restructuring of some industries may have affected this phenomenon. In order to examine the trends concerning employment issues in more detail, a case study was conducted by surveying employment…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Employment Practices, Graduate Surveys, STEM Education
Balci Demirci, Birim – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
It is widely known that there are many schools in the private sector offering courses in Computer Technology, Computer Engineering, Information Systems and similar disciplines in addition to Universities presenting such courses. The private sector programs are extremely popular with students already studying at university as well as being of great…
Descriptors: Expertise, Private Sector, Online Courses, Training Methods
Agboola, B. M. – Online Submission, 2010
The higher education in Nigeria has witnessed a tremendous growth in the last 50 years in terms of producing manpower that could bring about development. However, the problem of Nigeria today is not about human and natural resources, but how to translate the human potentials to meet the realization of its all round development and sustain economic…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
Sheikh, Sabeen – Graduate Management Admission Council, 2011
Since the Graduate Management Admission Council[R] (GMAC[R]) first began conducting its Alumni Perspectives Surveys 11 years ago, several "truths" about graduate business school alumni have consistently stood the test of time: They are and remain eminently employable. They constantly rate the value of the degree highly. This year's results are…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Business Administration Education, Job Satisfaction, Graduation
