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    You\u27re Hired: Examining Acceptance of Social Media Screening of Job Applicants

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    The paper examines attitudes towards employers using social media to screen job applicants. In an online survey of 454 participants, we compare the comfort level with this practice in relation to different types of information that can be gathered from publicly accessible social media. The results revealed a nuanced nature of people’s information privacy expectations in the context of hiring practices. People’s perceptions of employers using social media to screen job applicants depends on (1) whether or not they are currently seeking employment (or plan to), (2) the type of information that is being accessed by a prospective em-ployer (if there are on the job market), and (3) their cultural background, but not gender. The findings emphasize the need for employers and recruiters who are relying on social media to screen job applicants to be aware of the types of information that may be perceived to be more sensitive by applicants, such as social network-related information

    Increasing employment rates for Indigenous people with a disability

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    Introduction: The purpose of this resource sheet is to assess and summarise evidence on the effectiveness of programs relevant to increasing employment rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a disability. A total of 265 papers were reviewed—sourced from peer-reviewed journals published from 1990–2013, and reports and information obtained from government and non-government websites. This resource sheet reviews the effectiveness of both Indigenous-specific and mainstream Australian employment programs, as well as international employment programs for Indigenous people with a disability. Where relevant, it also takes account of evaluations of employment programs for people with a disability that did not specifically report the results for Indigenous job seekers as they are likely to have some Indigenous clients

    Untuned Keyboards: Online Campaigners, Citizens, and Portals in the 2002 Elections

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    Presents findings from a survey conducted in October and November 2002. Looks at the role that the major portals of Web traffic, online campaigners, and Internet users who got political news online played at the highlight of the 2002 mid-term elections

    Fighting Together: Discovering the Antecedents of Social Support and Helpful Discussion Threads in Online Support Forums for Cannabis Quitters

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    An increasing number of people are using online cannabis support forums as a source of help for their cannabis quit attempts. In order to assist support seekers dealing with emotional and physical-behavioral difficulties associated with their cannabis abstinence, it is important to identify the factors that facilitate social support provisions by forum members, as well as the overall helpfulness of discussion threads. In this combined qualitative and quantitative study, we propose a model hypothesizing and testing these factors, based on variables generated using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques. The result shows that linguistic and content characteristics of thread-initiating messages are important predictors of the receptions of informational and emotional support from other forum members, and of the overall helpfulness of discussion threads

    Needs-based assessment: a model for profiling, assisting, and empowering job seekers

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    Needs-based assessment (NBA) was developed in New Zealand to assess job seekers’ capacity, willingness, and opportunity to find work. This article outlines the development of NBA from its theoretical underpinnings, evidence from a longitudinal study and the development of an employment adviser–administered computerized profiling tool, and the provision of self-assessment and support tools. The authors argue that, with a rise in the number of unemployed job seekers and the long-term unemployed, demands for government resources with less resources available to satisfy those demands, and the widespread adoption of social and interactive media, it is timely to revisit an NBA approach to job seeker profiling and targeted intervention

    Online Resource to Promote Vocational Interests Among Job Seekers With Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Australia

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    © 2017 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Objective: To provide a preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of an online resource for job seekers with multiple sclerosis (MS). Design: Randomized controlled design. Setting: Community-dwelling cohort. Participants: Adults (N = 95) with relapsing-remitting or progressive MS were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Forty-five accessed an email delivered, 7 module resource, Work and MS, over a 4 week period. Waitlist control participants (n=50) were offered the opportunity to access Work and MS 4 weeks postenrollment. Main Outcome Measures: Primary outcomes focused on vocational interests (My Vocational Situation Scale) and self-efficacy in job-seeking activities (Job-Procurement Self Efficacy Scale). Secondary outcomes focused on perceived workplace difficulties (Multiple Sclerosis Work Difficulties Questionnaire [MSWDQ]), optimism (Life Orientation Test – Revised), and mood (Patient Health Questionnaire-9). Results: Intention-to-treat analyses revealed pre-post gains: participants who accessed Work and MS reported improved confidence in their career goals (My Vocational Situation Scale g=.55; 95% confidence interval [CI],.14–.96; P=.008) and positively reappraised potential workplace difficulties (MSWDQ g range,.42–.47; P range,.023–.042). The effect on job self-efficacy was not significant, but changed in the expected direction (g=.17; 95% CI, –.23 to.57; P=.409). Completer data revealed larger, significant effect estimates (g range,.52–.64; P range,.009–.035). Conclusions: Findings provide preliminary support for the utility of a job information resource, Work and MS, to augment existing employment services. The results also suggest the need to test employment-ready interventions in a larger study population. This might include the addition of online peer support to increase intervention compliance

    The recipient perspective: a mixed methods Inquiry of knowledge seeking factors in tacit knowledge contexts

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    Tacit knowledge is an important source of competitive advantage to organisations. Sharing tacit knowledge among employees is vital to realising its benefits. Knowledge sharing requires the effective provision of knowledge and the useful acquisition of knowledge. More recently, knowledge seeking has been proposed as an additional recipient behaviour which encourages the provider to share their knowledge. Additionally, research has acknowledged the important role individual and social factors play in influencing the knowledge sharing. However, whether those factors equally effect recipient knowledge seeking and acquisition has been under-investigated. To address these gaps, this research investigates the individual and social factors which influence interpersonal knowledge seeking by knowledge workers engaged in highly tacit tasks within two separate contexts. In addition, knowledge seeking as a strategy for effective tacit knowledge acquisition is explored. Study one uses interviews with 33 knowledge-workers to explore individual and social factors which influence their tacit knowledge seeking, acquisition and sharing. Study two surveyed 233 junior doctors to test direct and indirect relationships between individual and social factors and their tacit knowledge seeking and acquisition from consultant doctors. The key findings support the contention that the individual and social factors which effect knowledge seeking are not interchangeable with those that effect knowledge acquisition and sharing. Various individual and social factors effect knowledge seeking at different stages of this behaviour. Furthermore, findings indicate that knowledge seeking can enhance successful acquisition of tacit knowledge through the organisational learning process of interpreting. This is the first study to compare individual and social factors which influence behaviours of seeking, acquisition and sharing in one study. It is also the first to empirically examine the 4i framework, and specifically the mediating effect of interpreting to explain the relationship between knowledge seeking and acquisition. Both studies provide actionable insights to improve successful knowledge sharing practices for tacit tasks

    Highlighting tensions in recruitment and selection research and practice

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    In this article we highlight five tensions that exist in recruitment and selection (R&S) research and practice today and that are centered around the 'efficiency press' and so called 'research-practice' gap. Identified tensions are desires for (1) innovation and efficiency, (2) customization and consistency, (3) transparency and effectiveness, (4) wide-reach and coherence, and (5) diversity and standardization. Each tension is illustrated with findings from the five studies of this Special Issue that were presented at the third meeting of the European Network of Selection Researchers (August 2014), and supplemented with empirical data on the research-practice gap in R&S (period 2009-2013). We consider how we might move forward in addressing the 'efficiency press' in research as well as managing these tensions in practice

    Uncertainty Appraisal in First Career Employment Information Seeking

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    Securing talented employees is one of the most critical requirements for organizational growth. At the same time, job seekers’ primary concern is getting a position that is in line with their career goals. Particularly, for job seekers who are looking to begin their career after graduation, it is essential to step off on the right foot. To fulfill the needs of organization and job applicant, job advertisements play a significant role. The current study examines the use and perceptions of hiring information by job seekers. The job search and organizational entry processes necessarily produce a certain degree of uncertainty, and job advertisements are one of the key contributors in that process. According to uncertainty management theory, uncertainty results in optimistic or pessimistic emotion about the source of uncertainty, and the elicited emotions influence additional information seeking behavior. Likewise, uncertainty in job search processes may impact job seekers’ efforts in seeking additional information. Thus, the present investigation examines the impact of uncertainty, which originates from job advertisements, on job seekers’ subsequent uncertainty appraisal and information seeking. In addition, the study investigates influences of three factors, such as proactive personality, person-organization (P-O) fit, and job search stress, on job seekers’ appraisals of uncertainty. A web-based experiment was conducted using three different hypothetical job advertisements that varied in degree of uncertainty they were designed to induce. Data were collected from a sample of university students (N = 396) to evaluate the degree to which the advertisement impacted their job-related information searching and perceptions. The results revealed that uncertainty appraisals predict job seekers’ subsequent information seeking intention in that optimistic views about uncertainty negatively associate with the intention to seek information. In addition, job seekers with optimistic views are more likely to seek positive information about the hiring organization. Proactive personality, subjective P-O fit, and job search stress were also identified as significant factors that influence job seekers’ appraisals of uncertainty. In sum, the current study found that job seekers’ uncertainty appraisals influenced by triadic reciprocal relationships of personal factor, behavioral cognitions, and environmental factors, and the uncertainty appraisals relate back to further information seeking
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