An Evaluation of the Approaches Used by Graduates in Job Search, Ghana

Prince Adjei¹ and Jamal Mohammed^1,

¹Department of Liberal Studies, Koforidua Polytechnic, Koforidua, Eastern Region

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Prince Adjei and Jamal Mohammed. An Evaluation of the Approaches Used by Graduates in Job Search, Ghana. Journal of Finance and Economics. 2014; 2(1):36-43. doi: 10.12691/jfe-2-1-5

Abstract

The study, evaluation of the approaches used by graduates in job search in Ghana, employed an exploratory design approach by surveying both employed and unemployed graduates using a questionnaire. A total of 132 employed graduates and 128 unemployed graduates were reached for the study.The findings of the study revealed that both the employed and unemployed graduates consider use of application letters, personal contacts, references and networking to be an effective means in gaining job employment. Majority of the respondents indicated that, the response rate of companies to the use of the above mentioned methods of job search was very high and encouraging. Majority of the respondents indicated that they received responses from about five companies offering them a chance of dialogue about the possibility of handing them employment. Most of the employed graduates expressed their desire to recommend it and also to re-use them should the need to change job arise. The extent of their belief in the use of these methods of job search is that using them in job search can guarantee a favourable outcome of finding a job within one year.The study recommends among others that organisations should ease the requirements used as criteria for qualification for employment so that more graduates can be offered work. Also, it is suggested that graduates should be more confident and persistent in their job search, exploring more other job search options to secure themselves work. In addition, the researchers advise that HR experts and managers should build their recruitment and selection strategies around advert and the use of websites and social media.

Keywords:
evaluation approaches graduates job Search Ghana

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