Human resource is a kind of organization competition; it may be a key part for organization to survive in the market. For job seekers, what are the contents that they would most like to know and what kinds of factors will influence their willing toward their jobs? This research focuses on the social freshmen, utilizes the method of Analytic Hierarchy Process to get the organizational attractiveness for the job seekers, and to get the main point for social freshmen for their first job. In this research, through analyzing the data of the questionnaires, the results are as below: 1.Most social freshmen consider that whether or not their interests match with the job contents. 2.Social freshmen put the compensation in the first place. 3.Social freshmen who want to be in Service Industry expected for the salary. For male, they care more about the system of rewards as compared with female that the system benefits will influence their willing. 4.Social freshmen who want to be in Financial Industry, both male and female, think the salary is the chief job consideration. Moreover, male freshmen take the scale of the organization as a key factor for their job choice as compared of female take whether the job stable or not will influence their willing. 5.Social freshmen who want to be in High-Technical Industry, excepted for the compensation. Male want to the job to be matched with their interests and female depend on the job contents.

In this study the relationship between young people's job seeking behaviour, self-esteem and their esteem needs was investigated. Young unemployed job seekers attended a four day personal development workshop (known as Positive Choices). The design of the study was a pretest-posttest control-group design. All participants completed a four part questionnaire, including a demographic data sheet, job seeking behaviour scale, (revised from Feather & Rowley, 1987 job search scale) esteem needs questionnaire and the Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory. The results showed self esteem scores increased for the young job seekers who participated in the Positive Choices Intervention. A negative correlation was reported between self-esteem scores and job seeking behaviour for all participants. In addition the job seeking behaviour scores increased for the young job seekers after their participation in the Positive Choices Intervention. In terms of esteem needs, no differences were reported between esteem needs for the participant and control groups indicating that the importance of esteem needs remained unchanged. Furthermore, negative correlations were found between the length of time the young job seeker had been unemployed and their self-esteem scores, as well as between the job seeker's educational attainment and self esteem scores. The results suggests that changes in job seeking behaviour is related to changes in the young job seekers' self esteem. Suggestions for future research is discussed. Implications on counselling and a model for working with young job seekers is offered.

Social networking platforms have grown to become the most popular websites on the Internet,and are the most widely used tool for job seeking nowadays. In this study the researchersinvestigate the job seekers perspective on what they perceive as the benefits of using socialnetworking platforms when used as a job seeking method. The benefits are how socialnetworking platforms are superior to traditional job seeking methods. The researchers refer totraditional job seeking methods as methods used before the popularization of social media,such as handing in paper resumes to employers and also the Internet before social media.Although the major focus is on the Internet which can nowadays be seen as the newtraditional method, before people started using social networking sites. This study thereforefocus on the transition from the Internet into Web 2.0 with social networking platforms andhow the labor market and job seeking methods has changed with this new informationtechnology. This study is a qualitative research study that is based on a hermeneuticperspective, an inductive approach and a cross-sectional research design. To be able to findanswers for this study’s purpose and research question, a utilization of in-depth semistructuredinterviews on five respondents have been conducted. What was found in the studywas that job seekers indeed perceive that there are benefits to using social networkingplatforms for job seeking, over traditional methods. What was also found was that the jobseeking process has not changed that much, although it has become more effective by beingavailable online and on social networking platforms. The perceived benefits that wereconcluded based on the analysis and discussion of the theoretical and empirical data were:globalization, more effective, easier networking, increased personal visibility and the accessto social networking platforms niched for specific professions.

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<p>The aim of this thesis is to study a job-searching process and elements that affects it. The elements I have focused on are gender, class and social network. The study is based on interviews and a survey study with students from the educational program of Social work (Socialomsorgsutbildningen), that graduated 3 years ago. Through the survey I have examined their social-background and their job-searching process. The interviews are the main focus in the study. Several of the informants came from working-class homes, and that could be one of the reasons why the informants chose an educational program that has low academic status. The majority of the students on the education program were female. In the employment process the male informants felt that their gender/sex gave them an advantage entering the labour-market. The social network, especially the informal network, was the most important part of their job-seeking process.</p>

The aim of this thesis is to study a job-searching process and elements that affects it. The elements I have focused on are gender, class and social network. The study is based on interviews and a survey study with students from the educational program of Social work (Socialomsorgsutbildningen), that graduated 3 years ago. Through the survey I have examined their social-background and their job-searching process. The interviews are the main focus in the study. Several of the informants came from working-class homes, and that could be one of the reasons why the informants chose an educational program that has low academic status. The majority of the students on the education program were female. In the employment process the male informants felt that their gender/sex gave them an advantage entering the labour-market. The social network, especially the informal network, was the most important part of their job-seeking process.

Job centers aid businesses seeking qualified employees and assist job seekers to select and contact employment and training services. Job seekers are also offered the opportunity to assess their skills, abilities, qualifications, and readiness. Furthermore, job centers ensure that job seekers are complying with requirements that they must meet to benefit from job assistance programs such as unemployment insurance. Yet, claimants often procrastinate and/or suspend their job search efforts even though such actions can make them lose their free time and entitlements, and more importantly they may lose the opportunity to take advantage of free information, services, training, and financial assistance for getting a job to which they have already made a claim. The current work looks to Chatman's "small worlds" work, Johnson's comprehensive model of information seeking, and Wilson's "costly ignorance" construct for contributions to understanding such behavior. Identification of a particular trait or set of traits of job seekers during periods of unemployment will inform a new Job Seeking Activities Model (JSAM). This study purposely examines job seeker information behavior and the factors which influence job seekers' behavior, in particular, family tangible support as a social norm effect. A mixed method, using questionnaires for job hunting completers and non-completers and interviews for experts, was employed for data collection. Quantitative data analysis was conducted to provide the Cronbach α coefficient, Pearson's product moment correlation, an independent-sample t-test, effect size, and binary Logit regression. The qualitative data generated from the interview transcript for each section of the themes and subthemes were color coded. Finally, simultaneous triangulation was carried out to confirm or contradict the results from each method. The findings show that social norms, particularly uncontrolled social support provided by their families, are more likely to make job seekers ignore the relevant information about jobs available to them in favor of doing other things. Finally, this research presents a form of data and the development of a workable model that are useful in more clearly and better defining the complex world of job seekers.

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The study examines the job market of «urban youth» aged between 18 and 35 without higher education (university or technical) based on household surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Hogares – Enaho) and specialized surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Habilidades – Enhab; Encuesta de Transición de la Escuela al Trabajo – Entrans). The results show, firstly, supply constraints in the period 2007- 2012, which coincides with the massification of higher education over the last ten years. Secondly, it was found that students from public schools are more liable to complete high school with maxi- mum educational attainment. Thirdly, it was estimated that urban youths aged 15 to 29 cited in the Entrans 2012—and who received job training in the year prior to the survey—are 4.1 times more likely to obtain «adequate employment» in terms of pay, adequate contracts, and health insurance. Finally, a case is made for strengthening technical and specialized skills taught at school. / El estudio examina el mercado laboral de «jóvenes urbanos» entre 18 y 35 años de edad sin estudios superiores (universitarios o técnicos) a partir de Encuestas de Hogares (Enaho) y encuestas especializadas (Enhab, Entrans). Los resultados muestran, en primer lugar, una contracción de la oferta en el período 2007-2012 que coincide con la masificación de la educación superior de los últimos diez años. Segundo, se halló que los estudiantes de escuelas públicas son más propensos a alcanzar un máximo nivel educativo de secundaria completa. Tercero, se estimó que los jóvenes urbanos de 15 a 29 años reportados en la Entrans 2012 y que recibieron capacitaciones laborales durante el año anterior a la encuesta tienen 4,1 veces mayor probabilidad de obtener «empleados adecuados» —en términos de remuneraciones, contratos adecuados y seguro de salud. Finalmente, se propone potenciar las capacitaciones de tipo técnico y de especialización impartidas durante la escuela.

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