A model of job search success

Job search success (outcome variables)

  • Number of job offers
  • Employment status at the time of a final survey
  • Job search satisfaction
  • PO fit and PJ fit

Job search behavior (mediators)

  • Job search intensity
  • Job search persistence

Job search attitudes and competency (mediators)

  • Job search efficacy
  • Job search anxiety
  • (Social skills)
  • (Network)

Individual differences (predictors or moderators)

  • Core self-evaluation
  • Trait affect
  • Five-factor model
  • Proactive personality
  • Self-monitoring

Situational variables

  • job search constraint