Employability and job search during unemployment: an explorative study
2015
137
130-144
employability ; job searching ; job seeker ; unemployed ; unemployment
Employment
http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/SL2015-137008
English
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"Employability is defined as a psycho-social construct comprised of three dimensions: adaptability, career identity and human and social capital. Some scholars deal with employability from a person-centered perspective, independently from one's employment status. It means that one can be employable without necessarily being in employment. The psycho-social model has been applied in helping individuals to cope with unemployment as it can be used to assist them to recognize that their employability can be self-improved, despite the temporary absence of employment. Starting from this perspective, the aim of this paper is to explore the employability in a cluster of unemployed workers. Employability was found out to be positively related to job search behavior. "
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