Improving Job Search Skills: A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance

Guglielmo Briscese, Giulio Zanella and Veronica Quinn (veronica.frances.quinn@gmail.com)
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Veronica Quinn: Macquarie University, Sydney

No 13170, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Finding a job requires effective search skills to engage successfully with employers with vacancies. In a field experiment, we test a website that supplements such search skills by providing editable resume and cover letter templates as well as tips on how to look and apply for jobs. Exposure to the website was randomized among about 2,700 job seekers in Australia. The intervention increased job-finding rates, particularly among job seekers aged 35-50 (up to 8 percentage points), with larger effects for women within this age group (up to 10 percentage points). The quality of job matches improved too.

Keywords: online job search assistance; search skills; active labor market policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J64 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2020-04
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