Improving Job Search Skills: A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance

Briscese, Guglielmo; Zanella, Giulio; Quinn, Veronica F.

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“…The aim is to improve match quality through the provision of information, thereby reducing school-leaving. Some evidence suggests that information interventions help jobseekers re-enter the labour market (Altmann et al, 2018;Belot et al, 2019;Briscese et al, 2020). The overall findings show that providing information works only if i) it is personalised and ii) it is inexpensive enough to reach a lot of people.…”

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“…The literature on advising job-seekers finds that low-cost interventions providing personalised information supports job-seekers in finding employment (Altmann et al, 2018;Belot et al, 2019;Briscese et al, 2020). Altmann et al (2018) give job-seekers an information brochure containing job search strategies, reasons for seeking employment and information on the negative consequences of unemployment.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They find that giving job-seekers information on alternative occupations increases the number of occupations they consider and increases the number of job interviews. Briscese et al (2020) analyse online employment assistance that randomly exposes job-seekers to a website with editable resumes, templates for cover letters and information on job searches and applications. They find heterogeneous but overall positive effects on employment and matching quality.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another labour economics study finds that its information intervention increased job interviews only for job-seekers with a narrow job search but not for those who searched more broadly (Belot et al, 2019). Briscese et al (2020) analyse the effect of web assistance on job search behaviour finding different effects depending on age. In education economics studies using information interventions tend to differentiate their analyses according to socio-economic status.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One study in labour economics analyses gender differences in information-processing (Briscese et al, 2020). Providing templates and information for job searching, they find that their intervention was stronger for women and attribute this stronger effect to women's being more responsive to the assistance provided.…”

Section: Literature Review and Hypothesesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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I thank my co-authors -Ursula Renold, Michael Siegenthaler, Thomas Bolli and Ladina Rageth -for their collaboration, their knowledge sharing and their patience. In addition, I thank my inspiring, encouraging and supportive team members with whom I had the pleasure to work and grow. Special thanks go to Thomas Bolli for challenging me to think more like an economist and for explaining econometrics in an understandable way, to Ladina Rageth for being a wonderful office mate, to Katie Caves for productive discussions and language consultations, and to Johanna Bolli-Kemper, Filippo Pusterla, Aranya Sritharan and Silvia Walter for sharing their knowledge, templates and (personal) experiences with me. I also thank Natalie Reid for teaching me how to write articles.Last but certainly not least, I thank my family and friends for their invaluable support and encouragement over the years. This experience would not have ended well without my family. I am eternally grateful to my parents, Maria Esther Egg Orihuela and Edwin Egg, and my sister Alexandra Hofmann for believing in me, pushing me to succeed and supporting me tremendously and unconditionally in every possible way. My husband, Lorenz Oswald, has been my rock in the ups and downs of this adventure. Thank you for being my safe haven, for your truly kind heart, and for taking over so many of my duties and not complaining once -I am forever in your debt! I cannot forget my two wonderful sons, Rafael and Tobias. Thank you for distracting me with your joyful characters, reminding me constantly that life is still happening and for demanding your fair share of my time so I did not miss out on too much of your development. To all my friends, thank you for your friendship and for understanding my time shortage. I am not listing all of your names here, but you are always on my mind.

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