Employment Information Needs of Chinese Young Adults in Sheffield

Autor/inn/en	Webber, Sheila; Zhu, Wen
Titel	Employment Information Needs of Chinese Young Adults in Sheffield
Quelle	In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 39 (2007) 4, S.223-233 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0961-0006
DOI	10.1177/0961000607083214
Schlagwörter	Information Needs; Employment; Young Adults; Measures (Individuals); Questionnaires; Interviews; Occupational Information; Occupational Surveys; Foreign Countries; Chinese; Information Sources; Cognitive Style; Information Seeking; Followup Studies; United Kingdom (Sheffield) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Dienstverhältnis; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Messdaten; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Berufsinformation; Berufsanalyse; Ausland; China; Chinesen; Information source; Informationsquelle; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Informationserschließung; Follow-up studies; Kontaktstudium
Abstract	The authors investigate the question of how Chinese young adults (18-26 years old) in Sheffield seek employment information, and what sources and channels they use. Data collection was via a semi-structured questionnaire (78 responses) and via nine follow-up interviews with respondents to the questionnaire. Fifty-five percent felt that they had encountered barriers when seeking information. The channel which the largest number of employed respondents had used to find their current job was newspapers/magazines, and this was also the channel that the largest number would recommend to a friend. However, the Internet was respondents' favourite and most widely used channel and they perceived both advantages and disadvantages in using it for job seeking. We found that, as in previous studies, affective issues and personal connections were influential in choice of job, and that luck was also perceived as a factor. Recommendations for ways in which services could be better tailored to Chinese young people's needs are made. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10