Graduate recruitment and development: Sector influence on a local market/regional economy

Education + Training

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-288

  Heaton, Norma ^a   Mccracken, Martin ^a   Harrison, Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graduates; Jobs; Local economies; Northern Ireland; Recruitment; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949186604     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910810880524     Document Type: Article

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