TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Briscese, Guglielmo
AU  - Zanella, Giulio
AU  - Quinn, Veronica
        TI  - Improving Job Search Skills: A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance
        PY  - 2020/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13170
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13170
        AB  - Finding 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.
        KW  - online job search assistance
KW  - search skills
KW  - active labor market policy
        ER  -