There has been increasing interest worldwide on the matter of graduate employability, namely the skills and attributes that render new graduates valuable contributors to the workforce. The extant literature points to a need for a better understanding of desired graduate attributes from different stakeholder perspectives. Using multivariate…

While decades of research document inequity in the distribution of teachers across schools, few studies consider the distribution of teacher vacancies and other school hiring needs. We use teacher job postings, a direct proxy of school hiring needs, to document how these hiring needs vary across districts, schools, and subject areas. We first…

The "CUPA-HR 2025 Higher Education Employee Retention Survey" (ERS) examined why higher ed employees consider leaving, which groups face greater turnover risk, and where institutions should focus to improve retention. In its third administration, the 2025 ERS provides an updated analysis of what drives non-faculty staff to seek other…

Several decades of research using school administrative data show that teacher quality is inequitably distributed across schools. But these estimates may understate teacher-related inequities if they do not account for how teacher vacancies or late hires are distributed across schools. We investigate these hiring issues using data on a direct…

This ethnographic case study focused on 19 job seekers in an urban public access computer lab to explore the challenges these individuals faced related to technology platforms and a variety of overlapping institutions. In addition to shedding new light on how structural barriers emerge across institutions and systems, this study also focused on…

The undocumented college student population in the United States reflects a similar pattern of growth relative to the overall population of undocumented individuals (Goo, 2015). While the undocumented population in the U.S. has not recently increased substantially, and in some cases the undocumented population has actually declined (Baker &…

This article analyses the decisions and motivations that led 30 graduates with disabilities from Italy and Spain to pursue university studies, choose their degrees, and select their universities. Using a phenomenological approach, through semi-structured interviews and inductive data analysis, several reasons for graduates' university access were…

This study explores technical and professional communication (TPC) students' design of multimodal career portfolios, focusing on their strategies amid technological advancements and shifting workplace dynamics. The study analyzed 155 artifacts from 31 students, including resumes, video resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, and rhetorical and…

This paper presents a qualitative study of Estonian video game companies. In total, 11 companies were interviewed regarding their company values and expectations for employees. The interviews consisted of two parts. First, a regular semi-structured interview was conducted. In the second part, we used three persona sheets based on Bachelor…

Purpose: Job competency frameworks are based on the listing skills required for a job. The assumption is that if a candidate is presumed to have the skills, then the candidate should be able to do the job. Thus, employers hope to identify prospective employees having the required skills. However, this may differ from knowing whether the employee…

Autistic people face many challenges entering the workforce, for example, during job interviews where performance is reliant on particular social skills. To be competitive during job interviews, autistic people may experience pressure to conceal or 'camouflage' their autistic traits and behaviour. This qualitative study used semi-structured…

The efficacy of the Australian Disability Employment Services (DES) for autistic jobseekers has not been examined and is currently undergoing Government reform. To help inform the new DES strategy, we sought the views of: 24 autistic individuals; seven family members of autistic individuals, and; 46 DES employees. Data were collected using surveys…

As the face of higher education has changed, the need for a more diverse workforce has increased. It is aspirational and essential for students of color to see themselves reflected in the faces of their faculty and staff. Campus diversity enriches the educational experience for all faculty, staff, and students. Unfortunately, the rate of hiring…

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the relationship between the self-confidence levels and job finding anxiety of the students of the faculty of sports sciences within the framework of Bayburt University. In this context, the relational survey model, which is consistent with the main purpose, was used in this quantitative study. The sample…

Many companies use artificial intelligence (AI) to screen job applicants. With more colleges also adopting AI programs to provide feedback on job seekers' applications, will students be receptive to using these tools? This research shows certain key factors -- perceptions of AI program effectiveness and enjoyability, higher networking anxiety, and…