Predictors of job search intensity among college graduates

Journal of Career Assessment

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 332-344

  Tziner, Aharon ^a   Vered, Efrat ^a   Ophir, Limor ^a  

^a NETANYA ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Employment seeking strategies; Job search success; Job searchers' characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242663457     PISSN: 10690727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069072704266677     Document Type: Article

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