TY - CHAP

T1 - Recruiters' valuation of young people's employment insecurities in Bulgaria and Switzerland

T2 - making sense of job-hopping and unemployment in the hiring process

AU - Imdorf, Christian

AU - Pohlig, Matthias

AU - Zander, Lysann

PY - 2023/12/1

Y1 - 2023/12/1

N2 - The rise of employment insecurities has led to concerns about its impact on young workers in Europe. This chapter examines how recruiters in Bulgaria and Switzerland interpret employment insecurities in young job-seekers’ applications. Drawing from the societal analysis framework, the authors argue that the coordination of education and employment in both countries affects the way employment insecurities are assessed by recruiters when hiring for skilled jobs. Using qualitative content analysis of open-ended questions from the NEGOTIATE Employer Survey, the authors investigate how recruiters perceive job-hopping and unemployment as labour market signals. The results suggest that in both countries unemployment is mainly seen as a problem of the person. However, in Switzerland, recruiters more frequently attribute problems with job-hopping to the company, whereas in Bulgaria they more often refer to the person. Thus, job-hopping seems to be a more legitimate career strategy for young workers in the Swiss labour market.

AB - The rise of employment insecurities has led to concerns about its impact on young workers in Europe. This chapter examines how recruiters in Bulgaria and Switzerland interpret employment insecurities in young job-seekers’ applications. Drawing from the societal analysis framework, the authors argue that the coordination of education and employment in both countries affects the way employment insecurities are assessed by recruiters when hiring for skilled jobs. Using qualitative content analysis of open-ended questions from the NEGOTIATE Employer Survey, the authors investigate how recruiters perceive job-hopping and unemployment as labour market signals. The results suggest that in both countries unemployment is mainly seen as a problem of the person. However, in Switzerland, recruiters more frequently attribute problems with job-hopping to the company, whereas in Bulgaria they more often refer to the person. Thus, job-hopping seems to be a more legitimate career strategy for young workers in the Swiss labour market.

KW - Unemployment

KW - Job-hopping

KW - Recruiter’s perception

KW - Employer survey

KW - School-to-work transition

KW - Arbeitslosigkeit

KW - Job-Hopping

KW - Wahrnehmung der Personalverantwortlichen

KW - Umfrage bei Arbeitgebern

KW - Übergang von der Schule ins Berufsleben

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85191833831&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4337/9781800370111.00012

DO - 10.4337/9781800370111.00012

M3 - Contribution to book/anthology

SN - 9781800370104

SP - 88

EP - 120

BT - School-to-Work Transition in Comparative Perspective

A2 - Buttler, Dominik

A2 - Ławrynowicz, Maciej

A2 - Michoń, Piotr

PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.

ER -