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

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dc.contributor.authorBriscese, G.
dc.contributor.authorZanella, G.
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, V.
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionISSN: 2365-9793
dc.description.abstractFinding 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.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityGuglielmo Briscese, Giulio Zanella, Veronica Quinn
dc.identifier.citationIZA Discussion Paper, (13170)
dc.identifier.orcidZanella, G. [0000-0001-8963-2351]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/136108
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIZA Institute of Labor Economics
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIZA Discussion Paper; 13170
dc.rights© IZA. All rights reserved.
dc.source.urihttps://www.iza.org/publications/dp/13170/improving-job-search-skills-a-field-experiment-on-online-employment-assistance
dc.subjectonline job search assistance
dc.subjectsearch skills
dc.subjectactive labor market policy
dc.titleImproving Job Search Skills: A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance
dc.typeWorking paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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