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Showing 1 to 20 of 63 for “"job seekers"”.
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Do job-seekers benefit from contacts? : a direct test
… is intuitively plausible that using contacts in job search benefits a job-seeker, there is still both theoretical disagreement and inconclusive empirical evidence on why a job-seeker's social capital is associated with her labor-market outcomes (for reviews, see Mouw 2003, 2006). We take an …
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Helping job seekers prepare for technical interviews by enabling context-rich interview feedback
… for recruiters in the tech industry to assess job candidates' proficiency in both soft skills and technical skills as programmers. However, these interviews can be stressful and frustrating for interviewees. One significant cause of the negative experience of technical interviews was the lack …
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Job seeking and job application in social networking sites : predicting job seekers' behavioral intentions
… revolutionizing the way in which employers and job seekers connect and interact with each other. Despite the reported benefits of SNSs with respect to finding a job, there are issues such as privacy concerns that might be deterring job seekers from using these sites in their attempts to secure a …
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Equity at Work: Understanding the Experiences of Employees and Job Seekers Who Are Neurodivergent
… experiences of leaving—or contemplating leaving—jobs due to persistent workplace challenges. Qualitative insights pointed to systemic issues such as sensory overload, unclear communication, and limited opportunities for growth, underscoring the need for more inclusive practices and meaningful …
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A phenomenological case study to describe the ageism-induced anxiety of job seekers aged 50–83.
… issue facing the workforce today. Many older job seekers find themselves in a predicament as they experience ageism-induced anxiety while seeking new employment. This phenomenological case study investigated the anxiety experienced by job seekers aged 50–83 during the job search process, …
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Ethical reputation as an organisational choice indicator: effects of job seekers' gender, field of study and family income level.
… competitive advantage, an understanding of what job seekers want has become paramount to recruitment strategies. Given South Africa's heterogenous population make-up, the labour market consists of various groups of job seekers, each with unique characteristics that inform their organisational …
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THE IMPACT OF RECRUITMENT SOURCES ON BRAND IMAGE PERCEPTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRACTION: LEVERAGING ORGANIZATIONAL BRAND IMAGE PERCEPTIONS TO ENHANCE RECRUITMENT ATTRACTION
… recruiting a large pool of skilled and qualified job applicants is a prime concern of many organizations. In Study 1, I focused on how organizations can successfully employ four traditional recruitment practices (sponsorships, job fair activities, word-of mouth endorsements and corporate …
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The Price Of Deviance: Social Norms And Access To Job Search Assistance
Assistance in job search is a valuable social resource that can markedly benefit its recipients. However, recent studies have shown that people who have information about jobs frequently withhold assistance from job seekers. In other words, knowledge of job information, the ability to help, and …
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Language and prejudice : the "invisible hand" of gender inequality in modern organizations
… to create gender inequalities even before formal job applications are submitted. Such interactional mechanisms are documented and analyzed using a unique data from a web-based recruiting platform. We conduct a comprehensive content analysis of close to 150,000 jobs posted by approximately 25,000 …
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Essays on changing nature of work and organizations : implications for the U.S. labor market
… market to influence employment outcomes for job seekers (1) in alternative work arrangements and (2) of different genders. The first essay describes recent developments in the labor market for nonstandard workers, that is, an increase in the variety of pathways through which nonstandard …
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A Candidate Needs Approach to Job Advertisements
… guidance on what information is most helpful for job seekers when deciding which jobs and organizations to apply to. This lack of guidance is a detriment because, typically, recruitment strategies are designed from the perspective of the organization’s needs –which is effective when the job market …
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Persevering Through Stress: An Examination of Professional Rejection During the Job Search
… for how individuals progress in their careers. Job seekers are uniquely faced with repeated professional rejections, which may exacerbate the already difficult circumstances of unemployment and lead to increased stress. Professional rejection sensitivity (an individual’s propensity to react …
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Networks or lemons?
… a signal, then well-qualified, but out-of-work job seekers will be stigmatized simply by being out of work. "Networking" is commonly prescribed as a means for job seekers to overcome the negative signals of being out of work. But for networking to work, someone must be willing to provide a …
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Understanding the Preparation Phase of Technical Interviews
… (SWE) applicants. This process requires SWE job seekers to typically complete either one or multiple rounds of such interviews which are designed to measure their technical understanding of software engineering topics such as Data Structures and Algorithms. However, there are additional …
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The relationship between perceived employability, core self-evaluations, and approach-avoidance temperaments in South African University students
… or self-beliefs. In order to shed light upon how job seekers' core self-evaluations, defined as individuals' general self-perceptions, may impact their self-perceived employability, this study adopts an approach-avoidance framework to identify how individual difference factors may explain …
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The role of employee value propositions and corporate brand preferences in talent attraction
… influence an applicant's decision to pursue a job offer from an organisation. Recruitment efforts no longer focus solely on the unemployed job seekers market, but has in recent years extended more aggressively into recruiting students before graduation. Moreover, some authors suggest that 60 % …
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Essays on job search and retraining
… effects of information barriers in situations of job search and retraining. Chapter 1 (coauthored with Esther Mbih) begins from the observation that little is known about how job seekers decide to enroll in a training program. Decisions related to job training might be undermined by informational …
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EXAMINING THE "LIABILITIES" OF NEWNESS AND SMALLNESS WITH RESPECT TO THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS: PERCEPTUAL BIASES RELATED TO NEW VENTURES
… there are significant differences in how job seekers perceive organizations based on their size and age. Further, the extent to which an organization is perceived to be Boyscout (e.g., attentive to people, personal and friendly) is significantly more important than any other characteristic …
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Designing Ummeli a case for mediated design, a participatory approach to designing interactive systems for semi-literate users
… of Ummeli with a community of semi‐literate job seekers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town whose primary access to the internet was through their mobile phones. Working closely with this community over many months, we developed Ummeli, a suite of tools that allow the user to build their CVs; browse …
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Factors affecting how the youth in the townships use internet to seek employment: case of a township in Cape Town
… employment. The success rate in finding a job using the Internet was low among job seekers. Commodities, individual differences, social and environmental factors affected how the youth (18-34 years) from low-income communities use the Internet to find employment. In addition, crime, poor …
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