Student Employment Research Articles

Student employment program delivers more than just a job

When students become employed in the campus recreation department at the University of Mississippi, they sign on for much more than just a job. And that's thanks to Peter Tulchinsky, Ed.D., who launched the student employment professional competency program when he became Director of Campus Recreation at Ole Miss in September 2014.

A study on the methods of cultivating the competitive advantages of college students' employment under the new employment forms

The article mainly discusses the relationship between education management and the employment of college students, as well as how to cultivate competitive advantages in employment under new employment forms. The article points out that education management plays an important role in the employment of college students, and can help students adapt to new forms of employment by providing relevant training and resources. At the same time, the article also emphasizes the importance of cultivating competitive advantages in employment, including improving professional skills, expanding employment channels, and enhancing innovation capabilities. In summary, education management should be committed to providing training and resources for college students to adapt to new forms of employment, and helping them cultivate competitive advantages in employment.

Understanding university graduate’s independent entrepreneurship by 3D designing cultural and creative products

In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global economy is sluggish and the employment situation is grim. It is difficult for fresh graduates to find a job with a stable income. Therefore, college students' self-employment has become one of the main forms of college graduates. Among them, designing a meaningful cultural and creative product for sale is one of the ways for art graduates to achieve employment. However, college students' entrepreneurship must face fierce competition from existing cultural and creative products in the market, which often leads to a high failure rate of college students' entrepreneurship and a weaker ability to resist market risks. Based on the above problems, this paper is triggered to help college students quickly adapt to the business competition environment. The research methods of this subject mainly include the following two: (1) With the help of teachers, college graduates majoring in art and design can design cultural and creative products with practical, beautiful, and cultural characteristics, so that these novel cultural and creative products have price competitiveness and product design competitiveness in existing cultural and creative products. (2) Helping college students to visit enterprises broadening employment channels, and expanding sales forms through college leaders are also effective ways to improve students' self-employment. From these two aspects, the main research content of this paper is to promote the entrepreneurship and employment of college students in the context of COVID-19.

Confusion and Countermeasures of College Students’ Career Guidance Work Based on Deep Learning Models

Abstract In this paper, we identify teaching signals and employment factors by designing a college student employment guidance work model. The deep learning model is used to identify the given feature vectors, find the word sequence with the highest probability among them, generate the probability of the corresponding acoustic feature vectors, and model the college students’ employment guidance work model to model and calculate them. The teaching signal feature distribution is used to create the description, and the output probability is adjusted to it. The number of college graduates in 2020 will be 6.3 million, an increase of 190,000 compared to last year, and the initial employment rate is 91.07%. The deep learning model can effectively identify college students’ employment confusion, propose effective countermeasures and improve the employment rate.

Employment Analysis of College Graduates and Feasible Suggestions

In China, the population is constantly growing, and with it comes a large number of graduates pouring into society. However, the market cannot bear the influx of so many graduates, resulting in employment difficulties for many graduates. This research mainly analyzes the social phenomenon of difficult employment for college students. This article first analyzes the reasons for the employment difficulties of contemporary university students from three factors: individual college students, social enterprises, and the government. Afterwards, in responses to the problem of difficult employment for graduates, suggestions are proposed to students to have insight, plan for themselves, and adjust students mindset. Regarding social enterprises, more tolerance and friendly suggestions should be given to college students, and it is also hoped that the government will provide more encouragement to college students. Research has found some problems, including some college students having some psychological and ideological problems, enterprises exploiting college students, and the schools lack in regulating of students' emotions. This indicates that the issue of better employment for graduates not only requires individual actions from college students, but also requires active action from all sectors of society to jointly overcome this difficulty and help graduates find better employment.

Machine learning prediction model based on enhanced bat algorithm and support vector machine for slow employment prediction.

The employment of college students is an important issue that affects national development and social stability. In recent years, the increase in the number of graduates, the pressure of employment, and the epidemic have made the phenomenon of 'slow employment' increasingly prominent, becoming an urgent problem to be solved. Data mining and machine learning methods are used to analyze and predict the employment prospects for graduates and provide effective employment guidance and services for universities, governments, and graduates. It is a feasible solution to alleviate the problem of 'slow employment' of graduates. Therefore, this study proposed a feature selection prediction model (bGEBA-SVM) based on an improved bat algorithm and support vector machine by extracting 1694 college graduates from 2022 classes in Zhejiang Province. To improve the search efficiency and accuracy of the optimal feature subset, this paper proposed an enhanced bat algorithm based on the Gaussian distribution-based and elimination strategies for optimizing the feature set. The training data were input to the support vector machine for prediction. The proposed method is experimented by comparing it with peers, well-known machine learning models on the IEEE CEC2017 benchmark functions, public datasets, and graduate employment prediction dataset. The experimental results show that bGEBA-SVM can obtain higher prediction Accuracy, which can reach 93.86%. In addition, further education, student leader experience, family situation, career planning, and employment structure are more relevant characteristics that affect employment outcomes. In summary, bGEBA-SVM can be regarded as an employment prediction model with strong performance and high interpretability.

An improved TODIM-TOPSIS method for quality evaluation of college students employment and entrepreneurship education with probabilistic hesitant fuzzy sets

In recent years, employers have continuously raised their requirements for college students, not only requiring a solid professional foundation, but also emphasizing personal professional literacy. As the first base for cultivating college students, major universities should not only guide them in their correct employment and entrepreneurship, but also help them find employment and entrepreneurship faster and better. However, in the context of the new era, universities still face some problems in the process of carrying out employment and entrepreneurship education, which hinder the progress of employment and entrepreneurship education. The probabilistic hesitant fuzzy sets (PHFSs), as an extension of hesitant fuzzy sets (HFSs), can more effectively and accurately describe uncertain or inconsistent information during the quality evaluation of college student employment and entrepreneurship education. TODIM and TOPSIS methods are two commonly used multi-attribute decision-making (MADM) methods, each of which has its advantages and disadvantages. The quality evaluation of college student employment and entrepreneurship education is regarded as the defined multiple attribute group decision making (MAGDM). This paper proposes a novel method based on TODIM and TOPSIS to cope with multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) problems under PHFSs environment. After introducing the related theory of PHFSs and the traditional TODIM and TOPSIS methods, the novel method based on a combination of TODIM and TOPSIS methods is designed. And then, an illustrative example for quality evaluation of college student employment and entrepreneurship education proved the feasibility and validity of the proposed method. Finally, the result has been compared with some existing methods under the same example and the proposed method’s superiority has been proved.

Liberal Arts Education and Influence on Employability: A Case Study of a Sino-Foreign University

This paper reports on a study of the influence of Liberal Arts Education (LAE) on the self-perceived employability of Chinese students from a Sino-foreign university (University A). Although STEM education occupies a central focus in many universities in mainland China, interest in LAE has emerged as an educational philosophy and model of practice that carries the breadth and depth of a global foresight. Few studies, however, have examined the actual impact of LAE experience on graduate outcomes and their employability. Micro-level data on individual perspectives and experiences with LAE are largely absent in the current literature, particularly in relation to their employability. The research herein presented is a qualitative, in-depth study of a sample of students who pursued a first degree in University A. It uncovers the influence and role of the LAE ethos in individuals’ school-to-work transition processes. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior students, fresh graduates and faculty members, together with feedback from career counselors and employers. Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice is used to interpret and analyze the collected responses. Four themes of how LAE affected these individuals’ employability were identified: (1) Achieving initial employment; (2) Improving workplace performance; (3) Enhancing employment opportunities; (4) Making social contributions. Based on the empirical findings of this case study, the author concludes that the experimentation of LAE at University A has laid a solid foundation for individuals’ employability and their transition to the workforce. In an age of change, “suzhi” and “comprehensive qualities” promoted by the LAE philosophy can be vital for a person’s lifelong development as well as the betterment of Chinese society.

Confidence and Expectations Among Parents of and Students with Visual Impairments

Introduction Early work experiences and education level predict future employment for students with visual impairments, but many neither work in high school nor obtain a college degree. A research team developed 4to24, an application (app) for students with visual impairments and their parents, to support students’ transitions to employment, beginning in preschool. The purpose of this study was to explore parents’ and students’ confidence and expectations before and after using the app for six months. Method The sample was comprised of 24 parents of children with visual impairments and 19 students with visual impairments. Participants rated their confidence in their child’s or their own skills in seven domains and reported their expectations for future education, employment, and independence. We used descriptive statistics to summarize participants’ confidence and expectations, and we examined changes in these measures over time. Results After using 4to24, participants increased their confidence significantly in three areas: community travel, using public transportation, and self-care. Frequency of app use coincided with increased confidence in several domains and with increased expectations for educational attainment. Discussion The results provide initial evidence of associations between app use and increases in confidence and expectations for future postsecondary education; however, we cannot draw conclusions about causality from this exploratory study. Application for Practitioners The 4to24 app provides free information, resources, and activity suggestions directly to students and parents. It can be beneficial for encouraging collaboration with practitioners, promoting high confidence and expectations, and reinforcing students’ skills.

“I Don’t Really Feel Prepared for This Now That We’re Talking about it”: What is Educating for College and Career Readiness in an Urban District?

The purpose of this qualitative study is to better understand how urban high schools prepare their students of color (SoC) for “college and career readiness” through asking the following: What does educating for “college and career readiness” look like? How are students being educated for “college and career readiness”, and How do students learn about and interpret “college and career readiness?” With these central questions and responses from two Greenwood City School District (GCSD)* principals and nine GCSD students, we learn the focus within the “college and career readiness” paradigm is largely dedicated to student’s college preparation and occupational exposure, but not much in the way of introducing challenging aspects of tomorrow’s occupational landscape including neoliberalism, globalization, automation, and workplace discrimination. This study concludes with recommendations that education practitioners critically deconstruct the language used to imply sufficiency of the college degree in yielding reliable, secure employment for students of color, as well as encourage more transparency with students pertaining to what likely lies ahead in the workplace of tomorrow.

Leadership On Employee Performance

This study aims to investigate and evaluate the influence of leadership style and work ethic on workplace interactions. The response sample consisted of around 32 students. The data was collected via sending questionnaires to respondents. Multiple regressive lining is the method of analysis used. When the results of the investigation are positive and suggestive of the patient's responsiveness. The T-Test exposes this as "probability value." The complexity of leadership style is less than 5 percent." This illustrates that the leadership styles adopted by employees are highly advantageous to their work. When the outcome of a workplace disciplinary investigation benefits a student's employment. According to the UJIT study, the degree of question discipline was less than 5 percent alpha. It is therefore evident that workplace discipline is being suppressed.

Employment for College Graduates under COVID-19 in China: Vocational Education Should Take a More Important Role

The issues affecting college undergraduates in terms of job choice and employment are increasingly complicated and pressing in the COVID-19 age. Among these, elements relating to career planning have drawn increased focus. This paper mainly discusses the career planning education for college graduates under COVID-19 period in China, it offers focused solutions including enhancing systematization, upgrading faculty teams, psychological interventions, and improving course applicability based on questionnaires and literature reviews. Interpretation of the current situation of domestic career education based on research and comparison of domestic and foreign career education models are provided to improve domestic career education, and to enhance the current situation of college students employment problems.

Exploring the Cultivation Mode of Innovative Master's Degree Students in New Engineering under the Perspective of New Media

With the arrival of the informationization era and the rapid development of information technology, online media has become the main channel of information dissemination in today's society. New media has changed the way people get information, and it also affects the employment and entrepreneurship of master's degree students to a great extent. Therefore, new media should be used as a carrier to strengthen the research on the training mode of innovative master's degree students in new engineering disciplines and explore the construction of an effective new master's degree training mode. This paper analyzes the current situation of the cultivation of innovative master's degree students in new engineering, the trend of cultivating new engineering talents with the help of new media, the opportunities and challenges of the cultivation of innovative talents in new engineering under the perspective of new media, and combines some of them with a view to providing references for the cultivation of innovative master's degree students in colleges and universities.

Student employability enhancement through fieldwork: purposefully integrated or a beneficial side effect?

ABSTRACT Fieldwork provides opportunities for students to develop employability-enhancing transferable skills as well as technical, discipline-specific skills and disciplinary knowledge. However, the extent to which staff purposely plan transferable skills outcomes of field courses, and, therefore, whether they are communicated to students is unknown. We investigated whether staff intentionally plan transferable skills development opportunities into fieldwork by interviewing academic staff responsible for planning and leading residential field courses at a UK university. We also conducted a thematic analysis of associated module specifications and teaching materials to understand whether transferable skills were signposted to colleagues and students. Our findings show that although most staff recognise that their field courses help students to develop transferable skills, staff awareness of skills and professional development outcomes is narrowly focused on technical skills and discipline-related careers. Furthermore, those transferable skills outcomes that staff are aware of are not fully translated into module specifications and infrequently signposted to students via teaching materials. These findings suggest that transferable skills form a hidden curriculum of fieldwork. To maximise the employability benefits of fieldwork, we recommend that all skills should be signposted to students both during field course teaching and also via the associated teaching materials.

Research on the impact of basic psychological needs satisfaction on career adaptability of Chinese college students.

With social changes, the realization of smooth and satisfactory employment of college students is an issue that requires deep thought. Basic psychological needs satisfaction play an important role as a guiding factor that affects students' career adaptability. This study aims to explore the relationship and mechanism between the satisfaction of students' basic psychological needs satisfaction and their career adaptability. A survey is conducted among students from six different universities across the country, using the Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction Scale, the Career Adaptability Scale, the Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale, and the Career Outcome Expectations Scale. The satisfaction of basic psychological needs, career decision self-efficacy, and career outcome expectations are all significantly positively correlated with career adaptability.Career decision self-efficacy plays a partial mediating role between basic psychological needs satisfaction and career adaptability among college students. The moderated mediation model found that career outcome expectations play a regulatory role in the effect of career decision self-efficacy on career adaptability. College students' basic psychological need satisfaction can positively predict career adaptability directly and indirectly affect career adaptability through career decision self-efficacy, and career outcome expectations have a moderating role between career decision self-efficacy and career adaptability.

University work-study programs transitioning from student employment opportunities to student-faculty partnerships

University work-study programs transitioning from student employment opportunities to student-faculty partnerships

Analysis of the Choice of Technical School Students After Graduation

Technical education is an integral part of China's vocational education. For a long time, technical schools, technician colleges and other technical colleges have cultivated many skilled talents for China. The current development of China's economy requires further transformation and upgrading. On the one hand, continuous advancement of science and technology is needed to drive the upgrading of the skills industry. This requires a large number of professional and technical talents. On the other hand, with the continuous increase in the number of employed people in society, the expansion of enrollment in colleges and universities, and the rise of higher vocational colleges. Competition for employment among graduates from various institutions is also becoming increasingly fierce. This has also made the employment issue of technical school students gradually become one of the hot issues that has attracted social attention. Technical schools are the main form of technical education. Its sustainable development depends mainly on the employment status of students. As the saying goes, "Employment is the greatest livelihood of the people." The employment issue of technical school students not only concerns the students and their families but also affects the Chinese technological and economic development and social stability. It has both theoretical and practical significance to research issues related to students' employment in technical schools, timely discover the deficiencies in student employment and propose practical and effective solutions. The employment situation of students in any education system is a significant issue related to education and society. There are few studies on career choice in the secondary vocational education system. Therefore, this article first sorts out and analyzes the research background and significance of the selected topic and relevant domestic and foreign research. A questionnaire was designed based on career development theory. The current situation of graduates' employment choices was investigated through questionnaire collection. Use correlation analysis to analyze existing problems and the reasons behind them. Analyze the factors that influence the employment choices of secondary vocational graduates. Focus on analyzing the current situation of employability of secondary vocational students. And explore ways and methods to improve the employment choices and employability of secondary vocational graduates.

HR-branding as a strategy for attracting student audience

Aim. To evaluate the effectiveness of using the tools of employer brand promotion among the youth audience on the example of students and graduates of the economic specialty.Tasks. To analyze the information about the events held with the participation of company representatives at the Faculty of Economics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) with the help of the Employment Assistance Service of the Faculty of Economics, based on the data on the formats and number of such events.Methods. The study applied general logical methods of cognition: dialectical, systemic, logical and comparative analysis; sociological methods, including surveys.Results. Recent events such as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and the withdrawal of foreign companies from Russia have significantly affected the structure of the labor market and, consequently, the employment of students and graduates. Using the 2019-2023 graduate employment data collected upon graduation, the top employing companies for graduates of bachelor’s or master’s degree programs of the MSU Economics Department were compiled. As a result of analyzing the activities of the Department of Employment Promotion and Alumni Relations, as well as student units, the key forms of employer brand promotion at the Faculty of Economics were identified: academic and extracurricular events with the participation of representatives of partner companies and Career Day.Conclusions. It is proved that active promotion of the employer brand has a direct positive impact on the employment of young people in these companies. The most effective was the organization of educational and extracurricular activities during the year. Career days had less impact, which is explained by the dominant number of internships and practicums offered at such events, while graduates by the time of the survey are already trying to find a permanent job. In this regard, there are prospects for extending the study to include more junior students.

Students with disabilities as ideal graduates: universities' obligations to support extracurricular involvement

Extracurricular activities (ECAs) and their impact on student employability has become a focus of the higher education sector, with a recent emphasis on experiences such as global exchange and skill acquisition that prepares graduates for the workforce. Despite the initiatives and effort put into supporting the general student population, students with disabilities are underrepresented in these opportunities. This causes such students to have less access to employability opportunities that set them apart from their peers and leads to a distinct disadvantage when seeking to enter the workforce. The literature suggests that there are various benefits of participating in extracurricular activities for university students, including some literature about students with disabilities. However, there is a distinct lack of focus on how the scarcity of support for participation in these programs fails to address equality and discrimination legal obligations, as well as the failure of disability specific initiatives to include these activities as essential to their core mission. This paper aims to examine how Australian University strategic plans addressing disability inclusion and supports for students with disabilities extend to the extracurricular space, and what more can be done to include these students in all aspects of campus life. Through a search and policy analysis of University Strategic Plans, Disability Action Plans, and scholarships for students with disabilities to participate in extracurricular activities, it was revealed that this issue is not being sufficiently addressed through university strategic responses to disability inclusion. This paper provides practitioners and universities with recommendations to improve their compliance with antidiscrimination measures and address this deficit to improve student outcomes.

STRATEGIC EVALUATION OF SOME EU PROJECTS PREPARED BY THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the change in the vision of vocational education within the scope of the "Modernization of Vocational and Technical Education Project" (MTEM) and "Strengthening the Vocational Education and Training System" (MEGEP) financed by the EU, which was concluded by the Ministry of National Education. Vocational education is a type of education that increases the employability of students by providing vocational skills and is very important in the economic development of countries. Vocational education has gained even more importance in recent years due to the increasing need for human resources. This increasing importance obliges us to take some decisions about education locally and to transfer some responsibilities to local administrations as a means of development and development. In addition to this, it is necessary to set standards for each occupational group for an advanced vocational education and for citizens to take responsibility for a qualified vocational education. This study evaluates the studies on the development and standardization of the vocational education system through the projects made on this subject and sheds light on the development of the last twenty years.<p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0012/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>