TTLA: Social Capital and Post-Graduation Employment of Students (Case Study of Alumni of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the doctoral candidate:Pham Huy Cuong   

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: April 25, 1982

4. Place of birth: Vinh Phuc

5. Decision No. 3202/QD-SDH, dated November 8, 2010, of the Director of Hanoi National University, recognizing the doctoral student.

6. Changes in the training process: Decision to change dissertation topic No. 359 dated March 20, 2012, Decision to change doctoral dissertation supervisor No. 584 dated April 3, 2013, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

7. Thesis title:Social capital and job seeking of students after graduation (Case study of alumni of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi).

8. Major: Sociology Code: 62.31.30.01

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

The research findings of this thesis show that:

- Graduates have become aware of the role of networking in their career opportunities. Building upon their family relationships, graduates have established networks outside the family with friends, teachers, and members of social organizations. These social networks allow graduates to leverage resources in their job search: information resources, financial resources, social connections, etc.

- Besides official job search channels, many graduates find employment through information and support from members of their social networks, especially family connections. The scale of leveraging social network resources in job searching is related to the scale of social capital and human capital of the graduates.

- Leveraging social connections in the job search process influences the time spent searching and the characteristics of the jobs that graduates achieve. This includes: reduced search time, lower income levels, increased job-to-training matchability, a focus on the public sector, and greater job stability.

11. Practical applications:

- This thesis will offer recommendations to government agencies, student social organizations, universities, and individuals to build and promote the positive impact of social capital in the job search of graduates.

12. Future research directions:

- In-depth research directions on social capital in the labor market.

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

- Pham Huy Cuong (2014), "Social capital in the labor market",Proceedings of the Conference of Young Scientists and Postgraduate Students, Academic Year 2013-2014, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, pp. 696-709.

- Pham Huy Cuong (2014), "Social network and employment of graduates",Hanoi National University Journal of Science: Social Sciences and Humanities, T.30 (4), pp. 44-54.

- Pham Huy Cuong (2015), "Social capital and employment of students after graduation",Social capital in youth human resource development from different approaches., National University of Hanoi Publishing House, pp. 195-212

- Pham Huy Cuong (2015), “Social networks and employment outcomes of graduates: Unexpected impacts,Proceedings of the Conference of Young Scientists and Postgraduate Students 2014-2015Hanoi National University Publishing House, pp. 734-750.

IMFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Huy Cuong 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: 25^thof April 1982 4. Place of birth: Vinh Phuc

5. Admission decision number: 3202/QD-SDH, 8^thof November 2010 of President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: Admission decision about changing of the thesis title, number 359, 20^thof March 2012; Admission decision about changing of supervisors, number 584, 3^rdof April 2013 of The Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

7. Official thesis title: Social Capital and Finding jobs of Student after graduating (Case Study: Graduates of Social Sciences and Humannities University, Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

8. Major: Sociology Code: 62.31.30.01

9. Supervisors: Assoc. PhD. Nguyen Thi Kim Hoa

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Graduates were aware of the role of social network with their career opportunities. On the basis of inheriting the family relationship, graduates have built up a network of relationships outside the family with friends, teachers and members joining the society. Social network of graduates allows them to exploit the resources in the job search process: information resources, financial resources, social relations ...

- Besides the formal channel, many graduates find their jobs through resources and support from the members of the network of social relations, especially the relationships within the family. Scale exploitation of resources from social networks in search of work related to the scale of social capital and the elements of the human capital of the graduates.

- Applying social relationships in job search that affects the search time and the characteristics of work that graduated achieve. That's downtrend search time, reducing income levels, increasing the fit between work with trained professionals, focused on the work of state sector and stable employment levels higher.

11. Practical applicability:

- The doctoral thesis will propose recommendations to the government agencies, social organizations of students, universities and individuals to create and promote the positive sense of social capital in the general labor market and job search of students in particular.

12. Future research direction:

- Other in-depth research on social capital in the labor market.

13. Thesis-related publications:

- Pham Huy Cuong (2014), “Social capital in the labor market”,Proceedings of the scientific conference for young scientists and graduate students of the school year 2013- 2014, Publisher VNU, pp. 696-709.

- Pham Huy Cuong (2014), "The social network and the employment of graduates", Journal of Vietnam National University: Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 30 (4), pp. 44-54.

- Pham Huy Cuong (2015), "Social capital and employment of students after graduation,"Social capital and Young human resource development from different approaches, Publisher VNU, pp.195-212

- Pham Huy Cuong (2015), "Social network and job search outcomes of graduation: The unexpected effects",Proceedings of the scientific conference for Young scientists and graduate students of the school year 2014- 2015, Publisher VNU, pp.734-750.