This qualitative research study sought to uncover the benefits of an employer-tailored training intervention in addressing employer knowledge, perspectives, and attitudes regarding employing an individual with a visual impairment, with the ultimate goal of identifying a way to positively impact the high unemployment rate amongst this population.…

With the rising price of college and anxiety about graduates' job prospects, the employability of graduates is a dominant narrative shaping postsecondary policy and practice around the world. Yet, completion and the acquisition of a credential alone do not guarantee employment, and research on hiring reveals its subjective aspects, particularly…

Results indicate that an interviewer who begins an interview with an unfavorable expectancy may tend to give an applicant less credit for past accomplishments, may blame the applicant more for past failures, and may be more likely to decide that the applicant is unacceptable. (Author/IRT)

Interviewed 373 employers to assess their attitudes toward hiring persons with psychiatric disability. Concentrated on four major areas: symptomatology, work personality, work performance, and administrative concerns. Results suggested that employers differ in their level of concern based on industry type. Discusses implications for vocational…

Because interviewing is a face-to-face interaction belonging to the genre of interpersonal relationships, the employment interview is subject to some of the same problems that beset interpersonal relationships. Problems can occur in both interviews and interpersonal relationships because of bias, which originates from background characteristics,…