The Effectiveness of Indigenous Job Search Strategies
The Effectiveness of Indigenous Job Search Strategies Journal Article
The Economic Record
- Author(s): Hunter, Boyd, Gray, Matthew C
- Published: 2006
- Volume: 82
Abstract: This analysis uses the only existing large-scale longitudinal survey of Indigenous Australians to examine the effects of job search behaviour over an 18-month period starting from March 1996. Job search methods were not generally related to the probability of finding and retaining employment when a range of other personal and regional factors are taken into account. Search intensity (as measured by the number of jobs applied for) had a significant effect on the prospect of finding employment, but was unrelated to the probability of job retention.