Investigated intrinsic and extrinsic new job characteristics for 516 involuntarily dismissed white-collar workers. Results suggest employment counselors can ease transition into satisfying new jobs by helping clients deal with negative emotional trauma of job loss, encouraging active coping strategies, fostering realistic job expectations, and…

The employment status of 384 college graduates was measured at graduation and four months later. Job-search self-efficacy predicted preparatory and active job search and its intensity, as well as employment status at graduation. Preparatory job-search behavior predicted employment status after four months. (SK)

States survey of college juniors, seniors, and graduate students found that recruiting brochures are the primary job-hunting resource for students. Brochures provide job seekers not only an introduction to and background information about companies, but also a means of selecting prospective employers. Suggested ways to increase effectiveness of…

Links self-efficacy theory with job club methodology by presenting a case study that measured changes in self-efficacy as a result of welfare recipients' participation in a job club. The job club enhanced each of four sources of job search expectations postulated by Bandura (1977, 1982) and resulted in return to work for all participants.…

Reports on a study that adds to the growing research on resume writing by examining the resume length preferences of Big Five accounting firm recruiters, a population not previously studied. Suggests that an effective teaching practice would be to assign resumes with a two-page rough draft requirement. (SC)

Investigates the relationship between social networking and job placement of university graduates. Results reveal two different approaches to the process of job entry-use of formal or informal contacts. Significant differences were found between use of formal and informal sources of help relating to graduates' job-search intention and confidence…

Logistic regression was used to analyze the responses of 1012 baccalaureate graduates to a survey one-month after graduation. Results of study support the proposition that alternative job search techniques have differential effects depending on the qualifications offered. Direct contact with employers and early initiation of search contributed…

This study was designed to test if formal mentoring programs enhance organizational attraction. Participants were 190 undergraduates looking for a job related to their major. Results indicated that participants were more attracted to an organization when it was depicted as having a formal mentoring program than when it was not so depicted. Drawing…

Non-searchers--people who get their jobs without engaging in a job search--are often excluded from investigations of the role of personal relationships in job finding processes. This practice fails to capture the scope of informal job matching activity and underestimates the effectiveness of social capital. Moreover, studies typically obtain…

A survey of 622 aspiring and incumbent school administrators was conducted in order to document job search strategies used by men and women seeking principalships and superintendent or assistant superintendent positions. Since these positions are predominantly held by men, it has been suggested that men's and women's job search strategies differ…

Job clubs and other self-directed group job search processes have proven successful interventions. Job Search Education attempts to convert this process for use in secondary and postsecondary educational settings and combines self-assessment with self-directed job seeking. The two processes are compared. (Author)

Research findings are presented as potentially important program issues, and descriptions of how these issues were transformed into modules for a career-shift/job-search program are given. Preliminary data from the evaluation of this career-shift/job-search program are shown and the resemblances between this experimental, research-based program…

Surveyed more than 600 college seniors, potential employers, and experienced professional employees to examine the effectiveness of various job search methods. Results indicated the advantages of personal contacts and networking and provided guidelines to increase the efficiency of the job search process. (JAC)

Surveyed 210 Vietnamese refugees to determine factors affecting employment and job satisfaction. Results showed Vietnamese subjects reporting job satisfaction had been in the U.S. longer. They were more proficient in speaking English than dissatisfied refugees but not more positive about job-seeking resources. (Author/BH)

Compares self-reported job search contacts of unemployment insurance recipients with independently verified job-search contacts. The separate equations estimated for reported and actual job contacts suggest that systematic misreporting may distort the conclusions. Some implications of the findings for reported unemployment rates also are explored.…