Career Services Research Articles

Visible masters and invisible students? Educational translation in the early modern Low Countries

ABSTRACT In the sixteenth-century Low Countries, a market developed for a specific type of translation, designed for educational purposes. From the second half of the century onward, in particular, many bilingual editions appeared, presenting two versions of the same texts parallel to each other. These works furnished authoritative models that students could use to verify their own translation exercises. Children whose native language was Dutch, both boys and girls, used the pedagogical tool of translation to learn the prestigious French language that was crucial for a career in international trade or public service, or Latin, required for an academic trajectory. In this context, translation not only offered an authoritative published end product, but also an educational activity. This article maps the visibility of the various actors involved in these educational translations: printers, schoolmasters, and students. By analysing published schoolbooks designed for translation exercises, as well as handwritten material by schoolmasters and their pupils, it explores the involvement of different actors of translation and questions to what extent the activities of student translators can be retraced.

The Relationship Between Education and Waithood: The Impact of Higher Education on Delayed Adulthood in China

This research project is an in-depth quantitative case study that explains how higher education affects the notion of ‘waithood’. Waithood is defined as the state of waiting or the limbo that youth experience between adolescence and young adulthood, whereby they do not transition into young adults and are unable to attain usual markers of adulthood such as work, marriage, and financial independence. The study explores the impact of delayed employment and other aspects on young females in developing countries who join the workforce and other facets of adulthood immediately after acquiring their tertiary education. The survey is proposed to gather information on the subjects’ experiences, the number of years it takes to reach some stages of adulthood, and the factors that can hinder or enhance this process. To establish the correlations and trends in the effect of tertiary education on females, statistical approaches will be employed. This research reveals that support systems and policy reforms are seen as imperatives in higher education. These reforms have assisted young women in transitioning from educational institutions to the workforce and other aspects of life with less pressure while acquiring essential knowledge and skills. Policy recommendations include increasing learning options in order to develop flexible learning models, enhancing career services, and eradicating cultural barriers that affect the learning process.

Health and Care Horizons Leeds: Attracting, navigating and inspiring the future workforce

Abstract Health and social care (H&SC) partners in Leeds connect and collaborate across seven shared workforce priorities, including ‘growing and developing registrants” and “narrowing inequalities”. A range of programmes across the Leeds H&SC system promote collaborative, person-centred recruitment, and developing diverse & accessible talent pipelines. Through these programmes and the aims of the NHS long-term workforce plan we have identified a need to draw together information, insight and opportunities to attract, navigate, inform and inspire young people into H&SC careers. The Leeds partnership co-designed an interactive career exploration tool with young people to meet these aims. This person-centred digital tool is designed to dispel misinformation and equip young people with personalised actions and pathways to work anywhere in the sector based on their skills, values and lifestyle. The framework of our approach to designing the tool and lessons learned is applicable to other settings and localities. An academically embedded evaluation of the co-design phase demonstrated the importance of reaching out to a diverse audience. We worked with over 400 young people across 12 unique and representative networks and made them feel valued. Our partners were persuaded by the potential for the tool to boost recruitment and retention strategies, aligning with the NHS long-term workforce plan and the vision for a Social Care Workforce Strategy. The platform will be launched in September 2024 so process findings will be combined with results around usage, appraisal from the sector and careers services, and impact on employers and educators. Through co-design we have challenged our assumptions at all stages of the project and created a transformational tool to address the needs of the sector and young people in Leeds. We will continue to work closely with our H&SC sector partners to embed the tool in their organisations and expand the tool’s functionality. Key messages • We have created a system-wide operational career exploration tool to attract young people in Leeds to the right Health and Care career for them. • We will highlight the core values that have underpinned the creation of the tool, its functionality and lessons learned post-launch.

The effect of service robot use on tourism staff career identity: an experimental study

ABSTRACT Based on cognitive-affective system theory and using tour guides, hotel and attraction staff as subjects, three experimental studies investigated the effect of using service robots on career identity. The results were that: (1) the use of service robots significantly affected career identity; (2) emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between service robot use and career identity; and (3) years of work experience and staff age positively moderated the main effect. The findings provide meaningful implications for managers to more effectively deploy service robots and enhance staff career identity.

Digital Government In The Professional Career Service In Mexico

Digital Government In The Professional Career Service In Mexico

The Living CV project: a model of collaborative learning in third space

The Living CV project is a collaborative initiative launched at a south coast university in the UK, which aims to help students develop their employability skills and evidence their learning outcomes. The project is delivered university-wide from a third space hub, where people from different disciplines and backgrounds come together to work on shared goals. It has therefore provided a way for colleagues across the university to collaborate within third space. In this study we focus on the role of the departmental Living CV Champions and their pivotal role in driving forward this third space project. These champions are situated across the university – in academic departments, in the university’s central Learning and Teaching service and in its career service – but all are working across boundaries and drawing collaborators into the third space of the project. We suggest that the Living CV Champions are also collaboration champions for the institution, in the way in which they support the development of staff networks and knowledge sharing, and therefore the collaborative capital of the institution as a whole. We find that third space projects such as the Living CV can contribute to the development of collaborative capital, act as a gateway for staff to wider communities of practice and build confidence for those engaged in them. In this case study we illustrate one route to achieving this, through a champions model which breaks down traditional academic silos and encourages wider collaboration.

Positioning LIS Students for Career Success

There is an assumption that students enter graduate programs with a certain level of knowledge and awareness about the field they have chosen to study and their career plans post-graduation. However, the literature shows that even graduate students benefit from services and programming related to career exploration and preparation. This is especially true in the library and information science (LIS) field, which offers myriad career paths and settings for graduates. Despite resources such as the ALISE Statistical Report, San José State University iSchool’s Career Trends report, and research on the core knowledge and skills desired of information professionals, extant literature examining career services provided to and desired by LIS graduate students is lacking. This project examined career planning services and programming in LIS graduate programs using a descriptive research approach. Data was collected via surveys of current LIS program administrators and enrolled graduate students. As LIS job seekers report such long and frustrating job search experiences that they consider leaving the field entirely, insights from this research will inform the creation or improvement of career services for LIS students, advance discussion of career services for graduate students, and identify exemplars that can be used to guide programming efforts. This paper will share preliminary findings from surveys completed by 25 program administrators and 400 current students.

Help your students transition to the world of work

With everything disability services offices must do, helping with students’ job transitions may seem like one more responsibility you may not wish to take on. But connecting with career services can not only benefit students in their pursuit of a job after graduation, but also during their time at college. I spoke to Amanda Feaster of Kent State, Christy Oslund of Michigan Technological University, Joan Rachmel of Nevada State, and Gabe Wright of the University of Tampa about this process.

Help coordinate employment assistance and support for students with disabilities

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and throughout the month, many disability services offices have highlighted employment for those with disabilities. But why not maintain these activities? In conjunction with your institution's career services and related offices, you can continue the emphasis on targeted employment skills and available assistance for students with disabilities.

Empirical Research on Student Satisfaction with Career Services in Public Universities

Providing long-term career guidance is an increasingly important role of public universities. Career services have become one of the most important evaluation factors for universities. This study used a mixed-methods approach to track and measure students satisfaction with career services in a public university in China. We designed and validated a questionnaire, then distributed it to university students. The questionnaire explored factors comprising the perceived quality of career services, with 20 quality indicators (e.g., employment skills training). According to the results, the perceived usefulness of career services was statistically significantly correlated with student satisfaction. The factors affecting student satisfaction varied with students’ grades. All 20 indicators had an impact on student satisfaction. The top three indicators contributing to higher satisfaction levels were the teacher’s teaching capacity, teacher’s knowledge, and guidance on career planning. The results led us to suggest that public universities can strengthen career services by enlisting the participation of all teachers, developing student-centered programs, and offering a wide variety of enrichment activities to improve the employability of graduates.

More than Half Underemployed: Developing Talent for Meaningful Work

This article examines the problem of underemployment among recent college graduates and proposes strategies for organizations and institutions of higher education to work individually and collaboratively to address this issue. According to recent data, over 55% of 2020 graduates were underemployed within six months due to factors like economic disruption from the pandemic, skills mismatches, unrealistic graduate expectations, and rising education costs. Long-term impacts of underemployment include lower lifetime earnings and wasted talent. The article suggests organizational approaches like internships, clear communication of needs, bridging roles, and mentorship to develop talent and connect graduates to careers. For institutions, recommendations include experiential learning, career education, industry advisory boards, and robust career services. Finally, the article proposes collaborative models such as curriculum partnerships with employers, employer-embedded teaching, shared talent databases, and joint roundtables to fully tackle graduate underemployment through multi-stakeholder cooperation.

Legal regulations of service order in the USSR militia in the 20s of the 20th century

The scientific paper is devoted to the problems of legal regulations of service in the USSR militia in the 20s of the 20th century. Legislative and by-laws adopted by the authorities of the Ukrainian SSR during the period under study were used. Some archival documents containing orders of the militia authorities regulating the service were introduced into scientific circulation. During the study period the distinct aspects of service in the Ukrainian SSR militia were identified. It was determined that in the 1920s, educational, political, and health criteria were established for Ukrainian SSR militia service candidates. The procedure for promotion and conditions of service career were established by the Rules of Service in the militia, which were approved by the NKVD of the USSR. The working hours and dismissal conditions of militia officers were regulated by departmental by-laws of the NKVD of the USSR and the collective agreement based on labor legislation. Attention was paid to the 1926 Regulation on the Militia, which stated the application of labor law standards to militia officers with specific exceptions outlined in the legislative act. It was determined that legal protection for militia officers during their duties was governed by the Criminal Codes of 1922 and 1927, along with the norms of the Administrative Code of 1927. The researcher believes that the 1926 Militia Regulation's provisions, which extended labor law norms to militia officers, are beneficial for updating the current legislation governing police service. It is suggested to consider the possibility of legal regulations of police service based on labor law norms with certain exceptions provided for in the legislation.

Sometimes a science, sometimes an art: Cross-institutional collaboration to create an institutional language of transferable skills

This article proposes two models and four principles for creating taxonomies of transferable skills that reflect and enable cross-institutional partnership between academic and professional services colleagues. Such language or taxonomies provide a shared focus for all institutional stakeholders in support of students’ development and future employment outcomes. An anonymised UK university case study demonstrates the models and principles in practice through a cross-institutional collaboration between the Careers Service, other student services teams, and academic departments. Universities, subject/programme teams, academics, careers services, extra-curricular programme teams, and teaching and learning professionals can use the principles and models in this article to create transferable skills taxonomies for their students that can be owned by all university stakeholders, and are relevant to the graduate workplace.

Career Preparation Program Model at The Sub Directorate of Career Development and Assessment (CDA) IPB University

Changes in the job map provide career challenges for college graduates. On the other hand, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology makes higher education performance assessments through the IKU PTN to see the absorption of graduates. This research uses quantitative data from the 2018-2023 annual CDA report. Analysis of research data using the SWOT method. Data is presented descriptively to obtain an overview of the implementation of student career preparation programs. For 5 years, CDA IPB has held various career preparation programs, namely membership services, career service information system, on-campus recruitment & publication of job vacancy information, career training & industrial insight, career consultation, job fair, career enrichment, career buddy, stadium general for graduation, internship, career faculties roadshow, career studio, and career preparation in multinational companies. Based on the results of the analysis carried out using the SWOT method, it can be concluded that the CDA programs have been running effectively with several parameters increasing the number of program users, the distribution of work status, as well as testimonials from graduates who have participated in the CDA programs.

Job Satisfaction of Career Service Providers in Qatar

Job satisfaction has a great influence on the performance of organizations. It enhances the employees’ engagement and commitment towards their organization. Therefore, this research focuses on the job satisfaction of career service providers (CSPs) in Qatar. This field played a crucial role in facilitating successful career outcomes for individuals. This study mainly focuses on salary, job facilities, job security, work environment, administrative discretion, and community appreciation to assess the level of job satisfaction in career service providers. A quantitative research approach was used to collect data from 300 career service providers in Qatar. A structured questionnaire was designed and SPSS used to analyze the data statistically. The findings suggest that Qatari employees generally express high satisfaction with human resource practices, skill development, and overall well-being. However, the research identifies areas such as professional development opportunities, workplace culture, and cultural nuances that require more in-depth exploration. The study concludes by emphasizing the need to develop contextually relevant strategies for improving job satisfaction, retention, and career progression for CSPs in Qatar. The findings of the study inform organizational development and human resource practices to enhance the overall effectiveness of career services in the unique cultural context of Qatar.

Penerapan Manajemen Layanan Karir di Madrasah Aliyah Negeri

Career service management is a critical element in helping students plan their futures. This research aims to explore and understand career service management at Madrasah Aliyah Negeri in Sleman, focusing on the stages of planning, implementation, and evaluation of career programs. Additionally, this study examines the factors that influence students’ career goal-setting, including the roles of parents, teachers, and industry partnerships. A qualitative descriptive approach was employed, with data collected through field observations and structured interviews with the school principal, vice-principals, career guidance counselors, and several students. The results indicate that career service management at MAN Sleman is conducted systematically through collaboration between the school, parents, and external partners such as industry professionals. Parental support and guidance from career counselors significantly affect students in choosing careers that align with their interests and abilities. Career programs, including workshops, industrial visits, and individual counseling, were successfully implemented, although some challenges remain in the evaluation process, particularly regarding students' anxiety in career decision-making. This research contributes to the development of more effective career services in schools and serves as a reference for other institutions seeking to improve their career services to better meet students’ needs.

MEASURING CAREER EXPECTATIONS OF GENERATION Z: KARABUK UNIVERSITY EXAMPLE

This study aims to ascertain the career expectations of Generation Z. To achieve this objective, it analyzes the concepts and characteristics of Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, and Generation Z, with the underlying reasons for their distinctions. The research comprises 551 male and 253 female students currently enrolled at Karabük University in Türkiye. This study utilizes a descriptive research model, employing online survey forms as the primary data collection methodology. The gathered data analysis was done using t-tests and ANOVA statistical measurements. After a thorough evaluation, the findings revealed significant differences in the responses between participants from Generation Z and Generation X. While the majority of the respondents expressed confidence in possessing adequate knowledge about their future job prospects and expectations, most respondents expressed the need for assistance with career services. Therefore, the findings recommend that employers should be prepared to address the unique needs and work styles of Gen Z.

Trajectories and predictors of gerontological service career adaptability among health science undergraduates: A longitudinal study

BackgroundIn response to the aging population, it is essential to examine gerontological service career adaptability among health science undergraduates. ObjectivesThis study aimed to clarify the trajectories and predictors of health science undergraduates' gerontological service career adaptability. DesignThis study adopted a longitudinal design. SettingsThis study was conducted at four universities in China. Participants and methodsHealth science undergraduates were recruited via convenience sampling. Data were collected in the third (Stage 1), sixth (Stage 2), and ninth (Stage 3) months of the participants' graduation year. A total of 471 undergraduates completed a three-stage self-report questionnaire that assessed gerontological service career adaptability, career motivation, proactive personality, and practice environment at Stage 1 and gerontological service career adaptability at Stages 2 and 3. The response rate was 76.84 %. Data analyses entailed multiple linear regression, a latent growth mixture model, and multiple logistic regression. ResultsThree subgroups representing different gerontological service career adaptability trajectories were identified: rapidly growing (6.16 %), stably growing (87.47 %), and decreasing (6.37 %). Changes were observed primarily from the third to sixth months of the participants' graduation year. Health science undergraduates with high career motivation and a strongly proactive personality were likely to be in the decreasing group, whereas those with a supportive practice environment were predisposed to belong to the decreasing and stably growing groups. ConclusionsThe health science undergraduates' gerontological service career adaptability trajectories are heterogeneous, with the critical period spanning the third to sixth months of their graduation year. Gerontological service career adaptability grows stably among most undergraduates who have a supportive practice environment. Additionally, gerontological service career adaptability changes easily among undergraduates with high career motivation and a strongly proactive personality. Educators should implement tailored interventions to enhance gerontological service career adaptability based on health science undergraduates' traits.

The Effect of The Nature of Work, Social Status and Pay & Benefits Towards the Student’s Career Intention: A Case Study of Kolej Komuniti

Graduates who pursue careers aligned with their intentions contribute effectively to economic growth. Clear career intentions enable career services and placement offices to assist students in finding suitable employment opportunities. This proactive approach enhances students' chances of securing jobs that match their skills and interests. This study aims to identify the effect of the nature of work, social status, and pay and benefits on the student’s career intentions, by carrying out a case study of Kolej Komuniti. Employing a quantitative method was gathered through surveys from a sample of students. The returned response from 156 respondents was analysed using the descriptive analysis and the effect between the variables in the hypothesis was tested by the regression analysis. The findings indicate that perceptions of the nature of work, social status, and financial rewards significantly shape students' career aspirations and intentions. These findings underscore the importance of these factors in shaping educational and career pathways among Kolej Komuniti students. Implications for career counseling and educational policy are discussed, emphasising the need for targeted interventions to enhance students' career readiness and aspirations in vocational education settings.

Investigating Graduate Youth Unemployment in Puntland: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions

Globally, youth unemployment is a serious problem that affects political stability and socioeconomic growth. In Puntland, a semi-autonomous area in northeastern Somalia, this study investigates the problem of graduate youth unemployment, concentrating on its causes, effects, and possible solutions. Many Puntland graduates have significant obstacles in finding work, despite greater access to education and increasing participation in postsecondary institutions. This underscores a serious mismatch between the demands of the labor market and educational attainment. Beyond just personal difficulties, unemployment has a negative impact on the economy, productivity, social inequity, and political instability. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to collect data from 582 respondents, including stakeholders, policymakers, and graduates. The main causes of unemployment, according to the findings, are a lack of job prospects, a mismatch in skills, unstable economic conditions, and a lack of work experience. The study emphasizes the detrimental effects that unemployment has on graduates' social, mental, and financial well-being; many of them think about leaving their home country in search of better prospects. Addressing graduate youth unemployment in Puntland requires complete policy reforms, educational enhancements, and strategic investments in job-creating sectors. Among the suggestions are matching educational programs to industry demands, encouraging career services, encouraging entrepreneurship, and supporting vocational training. To foster an environment that is conducive to long-term economic growth and the generation of jobs, cooperation between government agencies, academic institutions, and the private sector is essential. The objective of this research is to enhance policy discussions and stimulate practical approaches to mitigate graduate joblessness, hence promoting Puntland's sustainable growth