scholarly journals Job Search and Job Finding in a Period of Mass Unemployment: Evidence from High-Frequency Longitudinal Data

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan B. Krueger ◽  
Andreas I. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Job Search ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Job Finding

scholarly journals A Contribution to the Empirics of Reservation Wages

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan B. Krueger ◽  
Andreas I. Mueller
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Cognitive Dissonance ◽  
Job Search ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Search Model ◽  
Reservation Wage ◽  
Reservation Wages ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Job Acceptance

This paper provides evidence on the behavior of reservation wages over the spell of unemployment, using high-frequency longitudinal data on unemployed workers in New Jersey. In comparison to a calibrated job search model, the reservation wage starts out too high and declines too slowly, on average, suggesting that many workers persistently misjudge their prospects or anchor their reservation wage on their previous wage. The longitudinal nature of the data also allows for testing the relationship between job acceptance and the reservation wage, where the reservation wage is measured from a previous interview to avoid bias due to cognitive dissonance. (JEL J22, J31, J64)

Job Seeking: The Process and Experience of Looking for a Job

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 315-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Connie R. Wanberg ◽  
Abdifatah A. Ali ◽  
Borbala Csillag
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Job Quality ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Attention ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Employment Situation ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
Job Search Methods

This review distills available empirical research about the process and experience of looking for a job. Job search varies according to several dimensions, including intensity, content, and temporality/persistence. Our review examines how these dimensions relate to job search success, which involves job finding as well as job quality. Because social networking and interviewing behavior have attracted significant research attention, we describe findings with respect to these two job search methods in greater detail. We provide examples of the relevance of context to job search (i.e., the job seeker's geographical region, country, and culture; the economy; the job seeker's current or past employment situation; and employer behaviors and preferences) and review research on bias in the job search. Finally, we survey work on job search interventions and conclude with an overview of pressing job search issues in need of future research.

scholarly journals The Informational Value of Job-Search Data and the Dynamics of Search Behaviour

2002 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Micklewright ◽  
Gyula Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Search Behaviour ◽  
Search Data ◽  
Behaviour Changes ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Informational Value

Labour-market analysis places much emphasis on the concept of search. But there is insufficient empirical information on (a) the relationship between reported job-search and job-finding and (b) how search behaviour changes over a spell without work. We investigate these issues using a sample constructed from Hungarian labour-force survey panel data of the flow from jobs to the state of “joblessness”. The results on job exits call into question aspects of the standard international classification of “unemployment”and being “out of the labour force”. Transitions during joblessness in and out of search and among the various categories of non-search are found to be only modest.

scholarly journals SOCIAL MEDIA RECRUITMENT: IN JOB FINDINGS AMONG THE GENERATION Y (FRESH GRADUATES)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 13-33
Author(s):  
Lingkeswari Kunasagaram ◽  
Christina Rathy Anthony Samy
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Recruitment Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Search Information ◽  
Intended Use ◽  
Key Questions

The social media phenomenon has opened new paths of engagement and revolutionized the exchange of information. With more people engaging with social media, it is worth investigating its relevance to the recruitment process. The purpose of this paper is to assess how employers can make the best use of social media as part of the recruitment process. It examines which platforms effective suited to hosting job search information, which can help achieve recruitment goals and how candidates are used social media recruitment as a job finding tool. As the research examines a number of key questions on the current new ways of recruiting and its effectiveness, advantages such as accessibility and its impact on management. It analyzes the relationship between social media and recruitment and its impacts. There has been a relative research recommendation on exploring the processes and procedures individuals and employee organizations utilize with respect to employing social media in the workplace in the future, and specifically within the recruitment process. The findings confirm a dual-use of social media by employers, connected with a belief that strengthened connections with potential applicants are possible, alongside the original intended use as an attraction tool. It has also resulted in this research a significant positive relationship among social media recruitment as first would be Facebook is efficient and effective. This research concludes by highlighting a need for further research and recommendations for HRM practice.

Job Search of Older Unemployed Workers: Evidence from Longitudinal Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 14232
Author(s):  
Gokce Basbug ◽  
Hye Jin Rho ◽  
Abdullah Yalaman
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Job Search

Job Finding in Australia

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Athanasou
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Australian Bureau ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Informal Labour ◽  
Australian Bureau Of Statistics ◽  
Job Finding

Although studies of the labour market have concentrated on employment and unemployment, there have been few Australian studies of job-search experiences. This report documents the methods used by people to obtain jobs in 1982, 1986 and 1990. It considers the proposition that informal job-seeking methods are more likely to lead to employment and that most jobs are obtained without prior knowledge of the vacancy. The data for this report were derived from the Australian Bureau of Statistics monthly labour force survey of households (published and unpublished data) in 1982, 1986 and 1990. Around 1.8 million individuals had started in a new job and at least 35 per cent of jobs resulted from approaches made without prior knowledge that the job was available. Friends and relatives accounted for some 17 per cent of placements and in 25 per cent of cases, the employer approached the job seeker, bringing the proportion of informal methods to at least 77 per cent. Results confirm the views of experienced career counsellors that there is a large and informal labour market.

Job Search and the Effectiveness of Job-Finding Methods

ILR Review ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 479 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham L. Reid
Keyword(s):  
Job Search ◽  
Job Finding

scholarly journals The Negev hospital-university-based (HUB) autism database

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gal Meiri ◽  
Ilan Dinstein ◽  
Analya Michaelowski ◽  
Hagit Flusser ◽  
Michal Ilan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Longitudinal Data ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Retrospective Data ◽  
Diverse Population ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Birth Records

AbstractElucidating the heterogeneous etiologies of autism will require investment in comprehensive longitudinal data acquisition from large community based cohorts. With this in mind, we have established a hospital-university-based (HUB) database of autism which incorporates prospective and retrospective data from a large and ethnically diverse population. Here we present initial findings from 188 children who were diagnosed with autism during the first eighteen months of the study. The unique characteristics of this cohort included: significant differences between Bedouin and Jewish children in different risk factors and clinical characteristics; complete birth records for >90% of the children; and a high frequency of consanguineous marriages. Thus, the Negev HUB autism database comprises a remarkably unique resource to study different aspects of autism.

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