SOCIOL 4HH3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: George Herbert Mead, Erving Goffman, Impression Management
17 Feb 2020
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Two stages in the process of seeking employment: a. The two stages: the first stage involves searching, the second stage involves screening, b. Review of the searching stage: this involves doing research on potential jobs, it also involves engaging in the process of networking, lastly, engaging in self-promotional activities, these aspects raise some important issues for sociologists, 1. Examining applications: existing sociological research on examining applications divides into research on recruitment and sorting, 1. Recruitment: one approach towards recruitment involves using formal methods, another approach towards recruitment involves using informal methods, a) formal methods. This involves placing newspaper ads, placing ads on job search websites, using employment agencies, and doing recruitment on campus. Research suggests that formal methods tends to be used by public sector organizations. Public sector organization provides public services and they are funded by the government. These organizations are far more visible to the public and they are also more accountable to the public.
