Graduate recruitment and selection: Implications for HE, graduates and small business recruiters

Career Development International

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 65-80

  Stewart, Jim ^a   Knowles, Vanessa ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career planning; Careers; Graduates; Higher education; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749085789     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430010318909     Document Type: Article

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