Manufacturing is struggling to find people to fill open positions in the various career opportunities they represent. The skills gap or skills needed by manufacturers has caused challenges in filling those open positions. Adding to this dilemma is that student interest in these careers has reduced, with the focus being on obtaining college degrees…

Background: Digital media are pervasive in the lives of young people and provide opportunities for them to learn about STEM. Multiple theories argue that the STEM media environment may shape how youth see a STEM career in their future. Yet, little is known about how pre-college digital media consumption may be related to students' STEM career…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how women of color college leaders born in the U.S. describe the influence of resiliency in overcoming challenges in their career. It was not known how women of color college leaders born in the U.S. describe the influence of resiliency in overcoming challenges in their career. The…

New York City's fast-growing tech sector has become the city's most consistent source of new middle- and high-wage jobs. But even as demand for tech talent surges, New Yorkers of color remain strikingly underrepresented among the city's tech workforce. As city leaders consider options for expanding access to the well-paying jobs powering the…

Using a full mixed-method design, the study aims to explore refugees' future goals, and secondly, it aims to examine the relationship between career adaptability and future orientation in considering a breadth of future goals. Results showed that refugees set more frequently materialistic goals and less frequently goals connected to be able to…

This article focuses on the occupational emancipation of women in Finland and examines the professional careers of women who graduated with a matriculation examination from three upper secondary girls' schools during the period of the 1890s to the 1910s. One of the schools was for Finnish-speaking girls, and two of the schools were for…

Over the past decades, two persisting priorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) training have been: (1) increasing the knowledge of and access to careers beyond academic scientist; and (2) increasing the diversity of the STEM workforce. Previous studies show that a uniquely constructed career coaching group provides…

With so much attention to the demographic or enrollment cliff, we may have become desensitized to its implications. But as we approach 2025--the first year of contraction--new data indicate that institutions will be contending with steady contraction for most of the next 15 years. Read this eye-opening white paper from RNL to learn what the latest…

Previous research on protean and boundaryless careers has been variable centred, testing the outcomes of the dimensions of protean and boundaryless careers separately. Following the career typology of Briscoe and Hall (2006), this study aimed to explore the combined effect of protean (self-directedness and values orientation) and boundaryless…

A scoping review of peer-reviewed academic literature on career interest measures for the African adolescents was conducted. The aim was to determine current knowledge and future research. Measuring learners' career interests during high school is imperative to promote a positive start to their career trajectory. A sample of 10 articles…

The Imposter Phenomenon (IP) has been studied since the 1930s but gained renewed interest with a spotlight on diversity, equity, and inclusion. The 2013 book, Lean In, by former Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, brought the topic of IP into the spotlight focusing on women in the workplace who struggle with feeling like an Imposter. Although…

This case study explored what perspectives adults who volunteer at In4All, a career-connected learning nonprofit organization, hold about access barriers and education equity that are specific to students who have been historically underserved. Career professionals and their ability or desire to volunteer are the crux of career-connected learning…

In recent decades, governments have sought to increase the number of PhD graduates and support their transition into non-academic employment. The UK is no exception to this trend: investing significantly in doctoral funding, skills training and programme reform to facilitate progression into the non-academic labour market. To an extent, these…

The purpose of this study was to examine the institutional conditions and educational practices associated with students' college-related career outcome expectations. Through the use of hierarchical linear modeling, we analyzed data from 6,193 students and explored the college-related career outcome expectations among heterosexual and LGBQ…

The purpose of this generic qualitative action research study was to explore the perceptions of minority groups towards a career in law enforcement. Police organizations are experiencing significant challenges in recruitment, hiring, and retention. The crucial research questions are "How do minority college students perceive careers in law…