DOI: 10.17026/dans-xny-zbvz
title: Contacten en carrière 1987-1992
title: Personal relations and careers 1987-1992

description: &lt;p&gt;the aims of this survey are to determine the mechanisms of 1. the effect of social networks on job-hunting behaviour and 2. the effect of job characteristics on the selection behaviour of employers. P1167A: first questionnaire students of higher vocational training / detailed questions about: demographical aspects/ attended education/ training and activities during study/ job at the moment of finishing study/ ways to get that job and training and the role of referee and other personal relations/ orientation on labour market/ personal contacts in social network especially for information about labour market/ family (parents, brothers, sisters and partner)/ respondents affiliation with several methods to find a job / social skills P1167B: second questionnaire students of higher vocational training / detailed questions about: graduation (date, results)/ orientation on labour market, job-hunting behaviour and applications (especially the influence of personal relations)/ career history (first job after graduation, role of personal relations)/ first unsuccessful application/ contacts with social network of first questionnaire P1167C: network files of students of higher vocational training / first questionnaire: age, sex, education, occupational status and occupation of six persons in social network mentioned/ respondents relationship with those persons and distance between residences/ frequency, closeness and duration of contact/ contacts and familiarity between the six persons/ initiative in contacts with the six persons is (not) on respondents side / second questionnaire: still having contact with the six persons mentioned in first questionnaire/ knowledge of the six persons concerning vacancies and payments, influence on selection procedures/ involvement of the six persons with career of respondent/ frequency of bringing vacancies to respondents attention/ frequency of putting in a good word for respondent to an employer P1167D: questionnaire employers / detailed questions about characteristics of organization: internal structure, number of employees, employment situation, degree of organization, procedures and rules for staffing/ recruiting and selection procedures / ways to get information about applicants / use of internal and external contacts / (importance of) relationships between employers of students for getting information about applicants / statements about selection procedures P1167E: questionnaire personal relations / detailed questions about relationship with student and frequency of contact/ actions for mediations to help the student to find a job/ relations with employers/ social network / background variables / statements about aspects of personal relations and career P1167F: questionnaire labour market experts / 4 job characteristics of 68 occupations: 1. risk for employer when person on the job fails 2. possibilities for career 3. business specific skills needed 4. skills for job are measurable P1167G: network data of students of higher vocational training. ASCII file, useable for network analysis software. P1167H: network data of employers. ASCII file, useable for network analysis software. P1167AN: Spss files with constructed variables. Background variables: basic characteristics/ residence/ household characteristics/ characteristics of parental family/household/ place of work/ occupation/employment/ income/capital assets/ education/ religion/ organizational membership&lt;/p&gt;