Finding the right job: School-to-work transitions of vocational students in the Netherlands

Each year, around 95.000 people graduate from school-based upper secondary vocational education in the Netherlands. Each of these young graduates has to take important life decisions: do I stay in school and continue training for a higher level degree, or do I start working life? How do I find a good job, and, by the way, what is a good job? Do I take this job offer, perhaps from my internship employer, or do I search for other opportunities? The studies in this thesis are concerned with these questions and with the impact of resources available to the graduate in this crucial phase of their l... Mehr ...