Networks, case managers, and the job‐search experiences of unemployed people

Ramia, Gaby; Peterie, Michelle; Patulny, Roger; Marston, Greg

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“…Definitions and conceptualisations of employability are abundant, but all refer to personal attributes that affect gaining or maintaining employment (Van der Heijde & Van Der Heijden, 2006). Among these personal attributes are a set of skills, behaviours and attitudes that are often cited in the employment literature: human capital (e.g., Unger, Rauch, Frese, & Rosenbusch, 2011), social capital (e.g., Granovetter, 2005Ramia, Peterie, Patulny, & Marston, 2020) and adaptability (e.g., Koen, Klehe, Van Vianen, Zikic, & Nauta, 2010). Human capital includes 'education, experience, knowledge, and skills' (Unger et al, 2011, p. 5).…”

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Towards a more all‐inclusive evaluation of interventions for unemployed youth: A longitudinal investigation of participant, programme, relational and contextual factors

Wesseling

2021

Soc Policy Adm

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Youth unemployment has severe and long-lasting consequences. Despite the abundance of programmes that aim to integrate unemployed youth into the labour market, little is known about what factors have an impact on ensuring a durable labour market transition. This study reports on an employment programme for high-educated, unemployed young adults. The effect of participant, programme, relational and contextual factors on employment success was examined in a longitudinal study among 1,306 young adults. Twelve months after the programme, 1,069 participants were employed. Participant and relational factors increased the likelihood of employment success, while the effect of programme factors was mixed. Contextual factors decreased the likelihood of employment quality. The prediction of employment status and quality was based on a different combination of factors, which underscores the importance of investigating both, especially in a highly educated sample. More insight into the role, the four primary determinants play in finding employment can help improve employment interventions. Several courses of action are presented.

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Towards a more all‐inclusive evaluation of interventions for unemployed youth: A longitudinal investigation of participant, programme, relational and contextual factors

Wesseling

2021

Soc Policy Adm

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“…Cappellari and Tatsiramos 2010 , 2015 ; Kramarz and Nordstrom Skans 2014 ; Ramia et al. 2020 ). Further studies on job searching also considered not only informal networks (Putnam 2000 ; Pichler and Wallace 2007 ) but also formal networks such as newspapers and magazine advertisements, public competition or direct contact, the internet, and employment service agencies (Pichler and Wallace 2007 ; Ingold and Valizade 2017 ; Liechti 2019 ).…”

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“…However, since the 1980s several researchers have contested Granovetter, and it has been commonly argued that strong ties are more important in helping unemployed people find jobs because family and friends are generally more present in the lives of the unemployed than are other contacts (e.g. Tatsiramos 2010, 2015;Kramarz and Nordstrom Skans 2014;Ramia et al 2020). Further studies on job searching also considered not only informal networks (Putnam 2000;Pichler and Wallace 2007) but also formal networks such as newspapers and magazine advertisements, public competition or direct contact, the internet, and employment service agencies (Pichler and Wallace 2007;Ingold and Valizade 2017;Liechti 2019).…”

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Determinants of the Choice of Job Search Channels by the Unemployed Using a Multivariate Probit Model

Mussida

Zanin

2020

Soc Indic Res

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We investigate factors affecting the job search channels (newspapers, agency, informal network, direct contact, internet) of unemployed individuals in Italy using a multivariate probit model. We separately analyse unemployed individuals who lost their job or who are entering the labour market for the first time (i.e., with or without previous job experience, respectively). We use cross-sectional microdata covering the 2014-2018 period. We do not find important differences in the determinants in common between unemployed individuals with and without previous job experience (such as, age, education, and citizenship). The main difference between the two samples is in the composition, with more young people in the latter group (mainly individuals in the school-to-work transition) than in the first one. We find that better-educated unemployed people have more of a multichannel attitude when searching for jobs than their counterparts. Moreover, for unemployed individuals with previous job experience, the characteristics of their last job play a crucial role in influencing the choice of search channel(s). For example, unemployed individuals from highskilled professions (that typically require the employment of better-educated individuals) choose the internet with a higher probability than other channels, while those from lowskilled professions and with experience in manufacturing have a higher probability of considering employment agencies than those in qualified professions in commercial activities and services. We have assumed that the unobservable factors affecting the decision process of a multichannel job search (estimated through the pairwise correlation coefficients across the residuals of the models) are represented by personality features of an individual, such as motivation, self-control, and preferences. A strong, positive, and significant correlation is found between job searching through the internet and direct contact with firms, but with some spatial differences between macro-areas of the country.

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“…Such findings would suggest that creaming is less a case of "picking winners" and more a case of "picking off" the least resistant. While positive accounts about the transactions between unemployed workers and providers are present in the literature (e.g., Danneris & Caswell 2019;Ramia et al 2020), these accounts also clearly note that such experiences are not universal.…”

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Australian unemployed workers’ experiences of being parked and creamed by employment providers

O’Halloran

Farnworth

Thomacos

2020

Aust J Social Issues

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This research examines the experiences of unemployed workers who report they have been parked or creamed by their employment services provider. Using focus group methodology, the research findings suggest that the experiences of being parked or creamed do not simply reflect quantitative metrics such as appointment frequency, and are experienced primarily as reflections of the quality of the transactions that occur in appointments. The findings suggest that parking and creaming are pervasive with harmful consequences for unemployed workers. Parking, on the one hand, appears to exacerbate the scarring effect of unemployment. Creaming, on the other hand, is not experienced as a benefit because rapid placement into employment is likely to be directed toward underemployment or precarious employment rather than sustainable employment. A second type of creaming is also described, where providers seek to take credit, sometimes coercively, for unemployed workers finding their own jobs. The findings also suggest that the Department of Employment's actions to date to curb the practices have not been successful and could be improved if unemployed workers were more clearly recognised as having a stake in the provision of high-quality employment services and given suitable mechanisms to identify and select providers that will not park or cream them.

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Networks, case managers, and the job‐search experiences of unemployed people

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Cited by 10 publications

References 40 publications

Towards a more all‐inclusive evaluation of interventions for unemployed youth: A longitudinal investigation of participant, programme, relational and contextual factors

Towards a more all‐inclusive evaluation of interventions for unemployed youth: A longitudinal investigation of participant, programme, relational and contextual factors

Determinants of the Choice of Job Search Channels by the Unemployed Using a Multivariate Probit Model

Australian unemployed workers’ experiences of being parked and creamed by employment providers

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