Doctoral Dissertation Research: Getting a First Job: Translating Academic Credentials into Labor-Market Position

这个项目将调查大学毕业生在寻找他们毕业后的第一份全职工作时所使用的求职策略。与大多数关于社会分层或社会流动的研究不同，这些研究关注的是流动性的结构或前因条件对结果的影响，而本研究将关注社会定位发生的过程。最重要的假设是，社会资源，如高地位的个人关系，在地位的代际传递中起着重要作用，即使是在相对有利的年轻成年人口中也是如此。分析将分两部分进行，将纵向学士学位和超越调查的二次分析与近期大学毕业生面对面访谈的访谈数据相结合。

This project will investigate job-search strategies used by college graduating seniors who are seeking their first full-time, post-collegiate jobs. Unlike most studies of social stratification or social mobility, which focus on the structure of mobility or the influence of antecedent conditions on outcomes, this study will focus on the processes through which social positioning occurs. The overarching hypothesis is that social resources, such as high-status personal contacts, play a substantial role in the intergenerational transmission of status, even among a relatively advantaged segment of the young adult population. The analysis will proceed in two parts, combining a secondary analysis of the longitudinal Baccalaureate and Beyond survey with interview data obtained from face-to-face interviews with recent college graduates.