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McCarthy, Breda; Eagle, Lynne – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2021
In the Anthropocene, universities play a role in developing students' sustainability literacy and capacity to solve socio-ecological challenges. The objective of this study is to identify the generic and sustainability-oriented skills and competencies required of business graduates by regional employers. The regional focus meets a gap in the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Multiple Literacies, Job Skills
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Ineland, Jens; Karhina, Kateryna; Vikström, Lotta – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2021
Having a job, or being employed, is associated with a number of positive effects. Although policies in Sweden support the right of people with disabilities to work and highlight access to employment as a priority, this group of people continues to lose out in employment against other citizens. However, little is known about actions or initiatives…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, High School Students, High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka; Aro, Mikko; Ojala, Kristiina – Tertiary Education and Management, 2021
Positional competition in the labour market entails graduate opportunities that depend not only on graduates' skills, experience and abilities, but also on how their educational credentials compare to those of others. In this study, we examined the positional competition in the Finnish labour market and compared the influence of different 'degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Competition, Labor Market, Job Skills
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Ebner, Katharina; Soucek, Roman; Selenko, Eva – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: This study illuminates the assumption that internships facilitate labor market entry and answers the question of why internships have a positive effect on students' self-perceived employability. It is assumed that internships enable more positive employability perceptions by reducing career-entry worries -- the worries of not finding a…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Program Effectiveness, Employment Potential, Anxiety
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Purohit, Divyang; Jayswal, Mitesh; Muduli, Ashutosh – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper, systematic literature review, is twofold: to identify the factors influencing graduate job choice and to propose a theoretical model that can be useful for future research. Design/methodology/approach: Thematic analysis of the literature available till June 2020 has been reviewed using electronic databases such…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, College Graduates, Job Applicants
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Yang, Minseok; Lee, Se Woong; Goff, Peter T. – AERA Open, 2021
Numerous studies have explored the labor market of school principals, documenting high turnover rates and voicing concerns regarding labor supply. However, little is known about the staffing challenges in rural schools and what promotes applicants to apply for and be hired for principalship in these locales. In partnership with the Wisconsin…
Descriptors: Principals, Rural Schools, Community Characteristics, School Demography
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Evans, Carl; Yusof, Zatun Najahah – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to examine the skills requirements of UK graduate jobs and to compare them to those for part-time jobs typically undertaken by UK university students in order to identify similarities and/or differences between them. A content analysis of 100 graduate jobs and 100 part-time jobs was used as the basis of comparison. The…
Descriptors: Part Time Employment, Student Employment, Undergraduate Students, Soft Skills
Patuzzi, Liam – Migration Policy Institute, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in harsh effects across European economies, and uncertainty persists even as vaccination campaigns have picked up speed. EU governments' prompt investments in historically large job retention measures have temporarily cushioned the pandemic's blow to labor markets, but this also means that the full impact is yet…
Descriptors: Labor Market, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immigrants
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Chang, Sandra Rodrigues da Silva; Duarte, Marcia Maria Nascimento Baptista; Veloso, José Rodrigo Paprotzki – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2019
Brazil faces complex challenges regarding the need to pursue economic growth coupled with the inclusion of diverse segments of society, including people with disability. This paper seeks to highlight historical aspects about the insertion of people with disability in the Brazilian labour market, to secure the need for public policies to guarantee…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Vocational Education, Students with Disabilities
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Goldfarb, Yael; Gal, Eynat; Golan, Ofer – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
A course of action often suggested in an attempt to improve employment outcomes of adults with autism spectrum disorder, is to match between special interests and job opportunities. In this commentary, we propose that the match may be more complicated than it seems, possibly overseeing more pressing employment needs that should be answered such…
Descriptors: Adults, Interests, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Olofsson, Jonas; Panican, Alexandru – Policy Futures in Education, 2019
What is the significance of regulations of job contracts and wages when it comes to young people's access to labour market? This is an issue that has attracted and continues to attract a great deal of interest in both research and politics. Proposals for deregulated employment protection and reduced entry-level pay recur regularly in public…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Apprenticeships, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Youth
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Caparros-Ruiz, Antonio – European Journal of Education, 2019
PhD programmes are considered as transmission channels to provide specialisation and skills to students who will be employed as highly-qualified workers or researchers. Focusing on the Spanish case, they are exerting a positive influence on workers' careers since doctorate holders have a privileged situation in the labour market. This article…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Career Development, Doctoral Degrees, Salaries
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Pizarro Milian, Roger; Missaghian, Rod – Higher Education Quarterly, 2019
Interdisciplinary programmes have proliferated across post-secondary education in recent decades. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the manner in which interdisciplinary programmes promote themselves to external constituents. To study this process, we conduct a content analysis of the online self-descriptions of 203…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Content Analysis, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Descriptions
Fogg, Neeta; Harrington, Paul; Khatiwada, Ishwar – ETS Center for Research on Human Capital and Education, 2019
In this paper, the second in the "Impact of Human Capital in the American Labor Market" series, the authors reveal that there are large groups of college graduates who lose out on the seemingly automatic earnings premium from their degree, and that their failure is related to a lack of skills. One of every five bachelor's degree holders…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Labor Market, Outcomes of Education, Job Skills
Universities UK, 2019
Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data provides information on how much UK graduates of different courses at different universities are earning, either one, three or five years since graduating. This briefing gives an overview of what LEO data is and how it can be useful to students, policy makers and higher education institutions. It also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Longitudinal Studies, Data Use
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