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Bimrose, Jenny; McMahon, Mary; Watson, Mark – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2013
As work and employment transitions become more frequent and difficult, the demand for formal career guidance increases. Women are likely to experience structural labour market disadvantage and may benefit from formal support that is sympathetic to their particular needs. Yet the traditional psychological paradigms that dominate career guidance…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Females, Age, Employment Opportunities
Jonbekova, Dilrabo – European Education, 2015
This paper examines employers' perspectives about university graduates' skills and preparation for employment in post-Soviet Tajikistan. It explores the mismatch between the skills university graduates acquire and the skills required in the job market, and addresses some of the underlying reasons for the perceived skills mismatch. Thematic…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, International Education, Higher Education
OECD Publishing, 2015
In most OECD countries, the large majority of adults had at least an upper secondary qualification in 2013, making the completion of upper secondary education the minimum threshold for successful labour market entry and continued employability or the pursuit of further education. Young people who left school before completing upper secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, High School Graduates, Student Certification, Qualifications
Kawakyu O'Connor, Nahoko – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study is to better understand college students' experiences of working while in college with the awareness of potential differences based on students' socio-economic status. Working while in college is a prevalent and necessary activity for most students, and this study aims to examine students' decisions to work, and the…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Student Employment, Educational Experience, Decision Making
Bol, Thijs; van de Werfhorst, Herman G. – Comparative Education Review, 2013
Educational systems with a high level of tracking and vocational orientation have been shown to improve the allocation of school-leavers in the labor market. However, tracked educational systems are also known to increase inequality of educational opportunity. This presumed trade-off between equality and labor market preparation is clearly rooted…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Job Skills, Labor Market, Equal Education
Beaver, William – College and University, 2015
The fact that nearly one-half of recent college graduates are unemployed or underemployed has once again raised questions about the value of a college degree. This article will attempt to answer these questions by analyzing such issues as labor markets, student debt, human capital along with examining the less apparent aspects of degrees and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Labor Market, Debt (Financial)
Jennifer Sano-Franchini – College Composition and Communication, 2016
Drawing on forty-eight interviews with individuals who participated on the academic job market in rhetoric and composition between 2010 and 2015, this essay shows how conceptualizing the academic job search as an intimate endeavor can offer insights for understanding the rhetorical production of affective binds within institutional contexts. This…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Job Search Methods, Higher Education, Writing (Composition)
Couch, Kenneth A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2012
Slow economic growth since the end of the U.S. recession in June of 2009 has not yet translated into increases in employment large enough to meaningfully reduce the rate of unemployment. Because expansionary macroeconomic policy has been pursued on both the fiscal and monetary fronts, it appears at first glance that the hands of government at this…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Public Policy, Labor Market, Unemployment
Bruce, Caula Andrea – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The remarkable economic success of the Cayman Islands is primarily driven by its large expatriate population. Expatriates make up over one-third of the total population of the Islands and half of the labor force. This has led some Caymanians to demand more opportunities for local individuals. However in April 2014, one of the two local newspapers…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Latin Americans, Case Studies, Foreign Nationals
Ackehurst, Maree; Polvere, Rose-Anne; Windley, Georgina – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
Indigenous educational and employment disadvantage is a much researched and discussed subject. The latest Prime Minister's Closing the Gap report (DPM&C 2017) shows that, while the gap is slowly decreasing in regard to participation in tertiary education, reducing employment disparity, particularly in remote areas, lags behind. This is despite…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Postsecondary Education
Black, Jonathan P.; Turner, Malgorzata – Oxford Review of Education, 2016
Research shows that a lower proportion of women than men are in graduate level jobs, six months after leaving seven top UK universities. This paper presents new empirical evidence from a unique dataset on the significantly different attitudes and behaviours between Oxford men and women undergraduates that might explain why women are less likely to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, Females, Disproportionate Representation
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2016
The European labour market is challenged by changes in the demographic composition of the labour force and increasing work complexities and processes. Skills forecasting makes useful contribution to decisions by policy-makers, experts and individuals. In this publication, Cedefop presents the latest results of skills supply and demand forecasts.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Labor Needs, Needs Assessment
Buchmann, Marlis; Malti, Tina – New Directions for Youth Development, 2012
Young women in advanced industrial countries have been outperforming young men in educational attainment at the same time that their labor market outcomes are still lagging. Sex segregation in education and the labor market is identified as an important source of this imbalance. In this article, the authors advance some thoughts about this…
Descriptors: Females, Evidence, Educational Attainment, Vocational Education
Groves, Garrett; Palmer, Iris – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2015
Governors plays a central role in ensuring that public educational institutions provide students with the knowledge and abilities required for a successful life and career. The systemic use of data from education and labor markets informs governors and other policymakers of the effectiveness and efficiency of their existing postsecondary systems…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Education Work Relationship, Labor Market, Data
Mok, Ka Ho – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
Globalisation and the evolution of the knowledge-based economy have caused dramatic worldwide changes in the character and functions of education, particularly higher education. In the search for global competitiveness, many emerging economies have begun to expand their higher education systems, which has significantly affected the relationship…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Higher Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries