The Quality of Skill Acquisition in Young Workers' First Job

Francis Green and Scott M. Montgomery

LABOUR, 1998, vol. 12, issue 3, 473-487

Abstract: Young workers' experiences of their first job form an important stage in the transition from school to work, and the quality of that experience is likely to have a strong bearing on future chances in the labour market. We provide evidence on a key aspect of that experience, namely, whether the skills acquired during the first job are firm‐specific or in some degree transferable. More than one in six young people acquired only firm‐specific skills in their first substantial job. High levels of prior human capital, short training spells or training leading to qualifications tend to raise, while being in casual or temporary jobs tends to lower, the likelihood that transferable skills are acquired.

Date: 1998
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