The use of job search strategies among university graduates

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-243

  Try, Sverre ^a  

^a NORDIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN INNOVATION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Higher education; Job search; Networks; School to work transition; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544490303     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2004.09.009     Document Type: Article

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