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Mihut, Georgiana – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Do employers prioritize university prestige above an applicant's skills in the hiring process? To distinguish between the effect of human capital in the hiring process from the effect of the name of the graduating university--while controlling for networking effects--2,400 fictitious applications were submitted to IT and accounting jobs in the US,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reputation, Universities, Job Applicants
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Piróg, Danuta; Hibszer, Adam – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
One of the important roles of HE institutions is to train graduates who will smoothly enter the labour market. The literature review demonstrates that one effective method to facilitate this transition is to ensure students acquire professional experience. The aim was to establish the scale and characteristics of employers' demand for work…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Policy, Job Skills, Occupational Information
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O'Leary, Simon – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
Following identifications of gendered inconsistencies in higher education delivery [Ain, C., F. Sabir, and J. Willison. 2018. "Research Skills That men and Women Developed at University and Then Used in Workplaces." "Studies in Higher Education," Published online.], this work exposes unseen gender-related issues in the graduate…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Higher Education, College Graduates, Employment Qualifications
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Maxwell, G. A.; Broadbridge, A. M. – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Generation Y can be taken to be the group of people born between 1977 and 2000. The aim of this paper is to investigate the initial career entry and long-term career employment expectations of UK undergraduate Generation Ys, in order to inform employability skills development in higher education. The empirical research comprises 26 focus groups…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Expectation