Career coaching participants showed increased employment rates and earnings after participating in coaching activities¶

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q2 i? Both the employment rate and earnings (for those employed) increased after participating in coaching activities. → Cecilia Speroni 2015

Evidence¶

Cecilia Speroni 2015¶

Cecilia Speroni, Nan Maxwell. (2015). Bridging the Gap in Workforce and Education Services: Career Coaching in the Virginia RETHINKS Health Sciences Education TAACCCT Program. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/bridging-the-gap-in-workforce-and-education-services-career-coaching-in-the-virginia-rethinks-health

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An outcomes study using administrative data sources including case management data, registrar data, workforce system records, and state unemployment insurance records reports that "Both the employment rate and earnings (for those employed) increased after participating in coaching activities." No effect size or test statistic is printed.

"Both the employment rate and earnings (for those employed) increased after participating in coaching activities."

Discussion¶

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