Job Hunters' Perspectives on Their Needs During the Job Search Process

Little research attention has focused on the job‐search behavior of minimally educated workers. The primary objective of the studies reported was to examine the relationship of self‐reported assertive job‐hunting behavior to acquisition of employment among minimally educated workers. The results of three studies provide: (a) construct validity evidence for the Assertive Job‐Hunting Survey (AJHS; Becker, 1980), (b) evidence for construct similarity across minimally educated job seeker and college student populations, (c) evidence of a significant relationship between the AJHS and both subjective and objective job acquisition criteria in postdictive and predictive research designs, and (d) evidence that the AJHS, a measure of a non‐cognitive variable, can make a unique contribution to the prediction of job acquisition beyond cognitive ability measures.

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Factors that help and hinder the experience of unemployment for social assistance recipients

Maclellan¹

1994

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Job Hunters' Perspectives on Their Needs During the Job Search Process

Abstract: Respondents rated self‐assessment and decision making as most important during the job hunting process; however, there were differences between overall ratings and those for specific groups of respondents.

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Career development and vocational behavior, 1987: A review

Career development and vocational behavior, 1987: A review

Self‐reported Assertive Job‐seeking Behaviors of Minimally Educated Job Hunters

Factors that help and hinder the experience of unemployment for social assistance recipients

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