Rethinking the role of personal connections in the Russian labor market: getting a job as a law graduate in Russia

Kathryn Hendley

Post-Soviet Affairs, 2021, vol. 37, issue 3, 242-260

Abstract: This article explores the entry-level legal job market based on a survey of graduating full-time Russian law students fielded in 2016. The findings contradict the prevailing assumptions about the post-Soviet labor market that connections trump experience. They show that law-graduate-respondents placed little value on the contacts of friends and family. Regression analysis confirms that personal self-confidence and experience are much stronger predictors of success on the job market.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2021.1874768

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