Grade point average and biographical data in personal resumes: Predictors of finding employment

International Journal of Adolescence and Youth

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-316

  Sulastri, Augustina ^a   Handoko, Martinus ^a   Janssens, J M A M ^b  

^a SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biographical data; employment; grade point average; personal resumes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937251428     PISSN: 02673843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2014.996236     Document Type: Article

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