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2017

Employability

Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Conceptual Model Of Career Counseling For Better Preparing Students For The Transition From School To Work, Brian Christopher Preble Jul 2017

Conceptual Model Of Career Counseling For Better Preparing Students For The Transition From School To Work, Brian Christopher Preble

STEMPS Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to design a conceptual model of career counseling for high school counselors to assist students with the school-to-work transition. A framework addressing the nature and substance of interactions and activities that support workforce preparation was needed. Qualitative research was conducted. Four focus groups comprised of unemployed individuals searching for work, gainfully employed artisans and skilled technicians, managers and employers from business and industry, and high school counselors were held to collect data. Two coders established intercoder agreements and a kappa was calculated to determine interrater reliability. Economic data obtained from interviews with business specialists …


Co-Op Research Matters, Matthew Rempel Jun 2017

Co-Op Research Matters, Matthew Rempel

Publications and Scholarship

Matthew Rempel (Associate Dean, Career Education and Co-curricular Learning, Sheridan College) discusses Clarke's article Rethinking graduate employability: The role of capital, individual attributes and context (2017). Matthew touches on how the term “employability” is very complex and how Clarkes model may require further research.