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Showing 1 to 20 of 197 for “"Job opportunities"”.
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Men nurses: job opportunities in nursing
Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University
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Influences on perceived job opportunities : a study of final year university students
… A key element of this change concerns increased job opportunities for qualified Blacks through the implementation of Affirmative Action policies which advantage Blacks in relation to Whites. Simultaneously, South Africa is experiencing high levels of unemployment. This situation is likely to …
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Does using social networks lead to better job opportunities? : a direct test
Research on the effect of social networks on job search outcomes has provided mixed results. Some studies found that the use of social contacts has positive effects on wages and on the other indicators of job quality while some others found negative effects. Previous studies, however, suffered from …
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The Impact of Industrial Relocations From The Black Community of Chicago Upon Job Opportunities and Residential Mobility of The Central City Workforce
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Relocation Decision-Making in Dual-Career Couples
… in dual-career couples when faced with a job opportunity in a distant city. The purpose was to determine which factors would be given the most importance by males and females during the decision process.</p> <p>Each scenario presented an identical situation in which the participant was …
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An investigation into the barriers to employment for unskilled workers in Site C, Khayelitsha and Du Noon, Milnerton : does spatial mismatch theory apply?
… the city in the south east sector, distant from job opportunities. The rate of unemployment in these peripheral areas is high. One explanation suggested in the literature for the high unemployment rate in the peripheral areas of Cape Town is the Spatial Mismatch Theory. This theory argues that …
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Rationing & Bayesian expectations with application to the labour market
… labour suppliers experience consecu- tive job opportunities and need to decide whether to apply for employ- ment. The labour suppliers are heterogenous with respect to their qualifi- cations and their beliefs about the application behaviour of their competi- tors. They learn simultaneously …
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The Importance of Leadership Motivational Activities In Encouraging International Students To Return To Their Tier 1 Universities
… their Tier-I research university. Additionally, Job Opportunities and Social Clubs/Organizations were also motivating factors in international students returning to their Tier-I research universities.</p> <p>Conclusions made were that most international students expected that they would be able …
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Perceptions of the teaching Profession Among Education Students in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania: A Case Study of the Open University of Tanzania (OUT) and University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM).
… only join the professional for employment with job opportunities being the reasons, nonetheless, Majority strongly agree teaching job is their profession with other agreeing that the profession is encouraging. The study concluded that, there are different reasons of pre-education students to …
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Participation of out-of-school youth in agricultural programmes in Bushbuckridge, Nothern Province
… rural areas are characterized by a scarcity of job opportunities as opposed to the abundance of such opportunities in certain designated areas. As a matter of fact the availability of job opportunities would arguably place the out- of -school youth in good stead of employment. The only prevalent …
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Three Essays on Social Networks
… labor supply where workers learn of informal job opportunities from their peers in a social network. In addition to formal income taxation and enforcement, individuals labor supply decisions depend on the number of their peers with informal jobs and the strength of social ties. Workers …
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Employers' perceptions of mentally handicapped employees in the horticulture industry
… offers numerous unskilled and semi-Skilled job opportunities for qualified handicapped individuals. A mail survey of 557 private Virginia ornamental horticultural businesses was conducted to document the employment of handicapped persons and to investigate employers' perceptions of mentally …
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Chinese doctoral students' perceptions of academic achievement, identity investment and use of English in an American university
… success, but also helps them to pursue better job opportunities and a better life in the U.S. The purpose of this study was to explore Chinese doctoral students' English use, perceptions of academic achievement in relation to their academic motivation and identity investment. Chinese doctoral …
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Innovating in the innovation marketplace: Rethinking the business model for creative businesses and workers
… office in the same model? Try to find some job? Work as a freelancer? However, going deep in this research I noted how big this issue are for the majority of designers, and how worse is if this creative has more then 40 years old. Sometimes any of those options above are not available, once …
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Boundary work in the process of informal job seeking : an ethnographic study of Cape Town roadside workseekers
… by the side of the road waiting to be offered jobs with job opportunities and skills. The purpose of the ethnographic study described here was to assess members‘ experiences and attitudes towards the work or income-earning opportunities introduced to members by MSR. The overall goal of the …
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Utilizing Student Perceptions to Facilitate Continuous Improvement for Academic Institutions
… which would enable them to compete for the best job opportunities. Student perspectives were collected through a clustering technique and presented in frequency counts. Student perceptions on a “good student” and a “good professor” provide extensive profiles of a capable student and a professor …
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Quem tem rótulo é produto: o impacto da estereotipagem durante processos seletivos nas empresas de João Pessoa/ PB.
… of people join the market or are looking for new job opportunities, so they undergo into business selections, in which they are evaluated and subsequently contracted or not. This paper studied the reality of the local market in relation to stereotyping of individuals within the organizational …
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The spatial mismatch hypothesis and Cape Town : a qualitative study on overcoming the barriers to job access
… the study shows that barriers with regard to job access, such as transit and information barriers, concerning job opportunities or vacancies, can be and are overcome. Data were gathered through interviews conducted within the city of Cape Town with employees, owners and managers within the …
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An exploration of how non-governmental organisations market their skills training programmes to marginalised youth living in Cape Town
… skills levels, lack of experience and minimal job opportunities. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play a vital role in bridging this gap by providing Skills Training Programmes (STPs) to broaden youth’s access to employment, as well as to open up opportunities for entrepreneurship. …
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Exploring the sub-national spatial and economic development impacts of the African growth and opportunity act (agoa) in Lesotho
… result in the creation of tens of thousands of job opportunities for unskilled and semi-skilled Basotho youth, it did not provide them with portable skills for use after leaving the factory floor. AGOA was also not found to have motivated the youth or local entrepreneurs to tap into the …
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