Di Stasio, V.

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This book presents a comparative study of school-to-work transitions in Italy, England and the Netherlands, with a focus on why education matters to employers during the hiring process. Three possible explanations are discussed: education is a provider of productivity-enhancing skills; education is a signal of expected trainability; education is a legitimized closure practice. These theories are related to various features of educational attainment: level of education, field of study, grades, study duration, credentials, internships. Through a web-based vignette study, 131 employers took part in a simulation of a hiring process. Findings show that Dutch employers are more likely to reward education because it provides job-specific skills. In the Netherlands, educational credentials serve as a closure practice within a labour market strongly segmented by qualifications. Employers in England expect new hires to learn skills on the job and rely on grades to identify the applicants with the lower training costs. Results are less straightforward in Italy, where employers seem to simultaneously reward skills and trainability; closure, by degrees or by networks, is nearly absent. The book also proposes a theoretical model that relates organizational factors (e.g. recruitment practices, training investment and job type) to a continuum between open and closed employment relationships. Results indicate that while moving from open to closed relationships, employers are less likely to reward job-specific skills and more likely to associate education with expected trainability

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UvA-DARE is a service provided by the library of the University of Amsterdam (https://dare.uva.nl)UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository)Why education matters to employers: a vignette study in Italy, England and theNetherlandsDi Stasio, V.Publication date2014Link to publicationCitation for published version (APA):Di Stasio, V. (2014). Why education matters to employers: a vignette study in Italy, Englandand the Netherlands. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam].General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s)and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an opencontent license (like Creative Commons).Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, pleaselet the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the materialinaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: https://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letterto: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Youwill be contacted as soon as possible.Download date:09 Mar 2023Di StasioValentina Di Stasio!C U R R I  C U L U M   V I   T  A E E U R O P E A N    F  O R M A T        !!Nome  Indirizzo  Telefono     Nationality Dutch!!     Date of Birth 16/05/1986 !!EDUCATION AND TRAINING !•  Dates (from – to) September 2010 – June 2012•  Title of qualification awarded •   Specialization MSc Software Engineering Development of Technical Software Systems •  Name and type of organization University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)  providing education and training  !•  Dates (from – to) September 2005 – June 2009•  Title of qualification awarded •   Specialization HBO Informatics Software Engineering •  Name and type of organization Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)  providing education and training  !         EXTRA-CURRICULAR      ACTIVITIES !•  Dates (from – to) October 2010 – April 2012•  Occupation or position held  Web designer  •  Name and type of organization ASO student union,  Amsterdam (Netherlands) •  Main tasks and responsibilities Design of website and update of content  Preparation and maintenance of a membership tracking database !  PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE !•  Dates (from – to) June 2012 – October 2013•  Occupation or position held  Information Analyst  Completion of master´s thesis project  WHY EDUCATION MATTERS TO EMPLOYERS !C U R R I  C U L U M   V I   T  A E E U R O P E A N    F  O R M A T        !!Nome  Indirizzo  Telefono     Nationality Dutch!!     Date of Birth 16/05/1986 !EDUCATION AND TRAINING !•  Dates (from – to) S ptember 2010 – Ju e 2012•  Titl of qualificati n warded •   Specialization MSc Software Engineering Development of Technical Software Systems •  Name and type of organization University of Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands)  providing education and training  !•  Dates (from – to) eptember 2005 – June 2009•  Titl of qualificati n warded •   Specialization BO Informatics Software Engineering •  Name and type of organization Hogeschool van Amsterdam (Amsterdam, Netherlands) providing education and training  !         EXTRA-CURRICULAR      ACTIVITIES !•  Dates (from – t )October 2010 – April 2012•  Occupation or position held  Web design r  •  Name and type of organization ASO student union,  Amsterdam (Netherlands) •  Main tasks and responsibilities Design of website and update of content  Preparation and maintenance of a membership tracking database   PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE !•  Dates (from – to) June 2012 – October 2013•  Occupation or position held  Information Analyst  Completion of master´s thesis project  A vignette study in Italy, England and the NetherlandsWHY EDUCATION MATTERS TO EMPLOYERSWHY EDUCATION MATTERS TO EMPLOYERS A vignette study in Italy, England and the NetherlandsThis book presents a comparative study of school-to-work transitions in Italy, England and the Netherlands, with a focus on why education matters to employers during the hiring process. Three possible explanations are discussed: education is a provider of productivity-enhancing skills; education is a signal of expected trainability; education is a legitimized closure practice. These theories are related to various features of educational attainment: level of education, eld of study, grades, study duration, credentials, internships. Through a web-based vignette study, 131 employers took part in a simulation of a hiring process. Findings show that Dutch employers are more likely to reward education because it provides job-specic skills. In the Netherlands, educational credentials serve as a closure practice within a labour market strongly segmented by qualications. Employers in England expect new hires to learn skills on the job and rely on grades to identify the applicants with the lower training costs. Results are less straightforward in Italy, where employers seem to simultaneously reward skills and trainability; closure, by degrees or by networks, is nearly absent. The book also proposes a theoretical model that relates organizational factors (e.g. recruitment practices, training investment and job type) to a continuum between open and closed employment relationships. Results indicate that while moving from open to closed relationships, employers are less likely to reward job-specic skills and more likely to associate education with expected trainability.Valentina Di Stasio (1984) completed her doctoral training at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research in July 2013. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Sociology of the University of Amsterdam and a Fellow at the College for Interdisciplinary Education Research in Berlin. Her research interests include: social stratication, education systems, labour markets and organizations, economic sociology.

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