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

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

verfasst von

Christian Imdorf, Matthias Pohlig, Lysann Zander

Abstract

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.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Soziologie
Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft

Typ

Beitrag in Buch/Sammelwerk

Seiten

88

Anzahl der Seiten

120

Publikationsdatum

01.12.2023

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 8 – Anständige Arbeitsbedingungen und wirtschaftliches Wachstum

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800370111.00012 (Zugang: Offen)