Jos Akkermans
I am an Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers and Organisational Behavior at the School of Business and Economics of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. My research primarily focuses on career shocks, career sustainability, and career transitions. I study the development and management of sustainable careers by examining topics such as employability, career crafting, and career shocks, and am also especially interested in studying study success and school-to-work transitions. I also research changing employer-employee relationships, focusing on topics such as psychological contracts, job crafting, and innovative methods of recruitment and selection. I am an associate editor for the Journal of Vocational Behavior. In terms of teaching, I am the program director of the Business Administration Master program and have been trained as a senior university teacher, I won SBE's best teacher award in 2016, and was voted in the top 3 teaching talents of Vrije Universiteit in 2016. Finally, I am actively involved in connecting science to practice. Among other things, I am a board members of the Netherlands Foundation for Management Development, and a consultant for Royal FrieslandCampina. More information can be found at www.josakkermans.com.
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career is the school-to-work transition (STWT) . During this transition young individuals
face many challenges and changes in a relatively brief period of time, such
as developing a professional identity (McKee-Ryan et al. 2005 ), fi nding suitable
employment (e.g., Scherer 2004 ), and going through the organizational socialization
process (Koivisto et al. 2007 ). The STWT is more relevant now than ever
because of increasing demands for fl exibility and career self-management (e.g.,
Akkermans et al. 2013c ), and because the worldwide economic crisis of the past
years has struck young employees hardest of all (European Commission 2012 ).
Therefore, this chapter focuses specifi cally on this transition. First, we will discuss
recent trends with regard to employment statistics of young workers in Europe.
Second, we will focus on known antecedents and consequences of an adaptive
STWT. Next, we will discuss the new career perspective, and examine two emerging
topics; career adaptability and career competencies . Finally, we will present two
cases in which the CareerSKILLS method in The Netherlands, and the School-to-
Work Group Method in Finland will be detailed.
Design/methodology/approach – To achieve this goal, the authors analyzed all published papers from four core career journals (i.e. Career Development International, Career Development Quarterly, Journal of Career Assessment, and Journal of Career Development) between 2012 and 2016. Using a five-step procedure involving three researchers, the authors formulated the 16 most trending topics.
Findings – Some traditional career topics are still quite popular today (e.g. career success as the #1 trending topic), whereas other topics have emerged during recent years (e.g. employability as the #3 trending topic). In addition, some topics that are closely related to career research – such as unemployment and job search – surprisingly turned out not to be a trending topic.
Originality/value – In reviewing all published papers in CDI, CDQ, JCA, and JCD between 2012 and 2016, the authors provide a unique overview of currently trending topics, and the authors compare this to the overall discourse on careers. In addition, the authors formulate key questions for future research.
career is the school-to-work transition (STWT) . During this transition young individuals
face many challenges and changes in a relatively brief period of time, such
as developing a professional identity (McKee-Ryan et al. 2005 ), fi nding suitable
employment (e.g., Scherer 2004 ), and going through the organizational socialization
process (Koivisto et al. 2007 ). The STWT is more relevant now than ever
because of increasing demands for fl exibility and career self-management (e.g.,
Akkermans et al. 2013c ), and because the worldwide economic crisis of the past
years has struck young employees hardest of all (European Commission 2012 ).
Therefore, this chapter focuses specifi cally on this transition. First, we will discuss
recent trends with regard to employment statistics of young workers in Europe.
Second, we will focus on known antecedents and consequences of an adaptive
STWT. Next, we will discuss the new career perspective, and examine two emerging
topics; career adaptability and career competencies . Finally, we will present two
cases in which the CareerSKILLS method in The Netherlands, and the School-to-
Work Group Method in Finland will be detailed.
Design/methodology/approach – To achieve this goal, the authors analyzed all published papers from four core career journals (i.e. Career Development International, Career Development Quarterly, Journal of Career Assessment, and Journal of Career Development) between 2012 and 2016. Using a five-step procedure involving three researchers, the authors formulated the 16 most trending topics.
Findings – Some traditional career topics are still quite popular today (e.g. career success as the #1 trending topic), whereas other topics have emerged during recent years (e.g. employability as the #3 trending topic). In addition, some topics that are closely related to career research – such as unemployment and job search – surprisingly turned out not to be a trending topic.
Originality/value – In reviewing all published papers in CDI, CDQ, JCA, and JCD between 2012 and 2016, the authors provide a unique overview of currently trending topics, and the authors compare this to the overall discourse on careers. In addition, the authors formulate key questions for future research.