A conceptual framework suggests that employers will favor applicants from specific employment channels (job search techniques) depending on the qualifications sought. Logistic regression was used to analyze the responses of 1012 baccalaureate graduates to a survey 1 month after graduation. The results support the proposition t h a t alternative search techniques have differential effects depending on the qualifications offered. All search techniques except 1 revealed interaction effects, favoring or limiting graduates with specific characteristics such as appropriate specialization and higher ability. Direct contact with employers and early initiation of search contributed directly to initial baccalaureate-level employment.As Spokane and Hawks (1990) described it in 1990, research on the transition to work for college graduates remains, with the broader literature on job search, "perhaps the most understudied area in contemporary career development" (p. 11 1). The broad dimensions of job search have been identified, but only a few areas of investigation are well enough developed to support major generahzations and principles regarding job seeking. Furthermore, the results to date suggest that various types of search techniques may well have different effects, depending on differential applicant characteristics.
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