Souto-Otero, Manuel  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8768-514X and Brown, Phillip ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-5421
2024.
The rise of the digital labour market: characteristics and implications for the study of education, opportunity and work.
Journal of Education and Work
37
(1-4)
, pp. 1-16.
10.1080/13639080.2024.2310263
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Abstract
How the labour market operates in an increasingly digital context has remained under-researched. The article explains why the digital labour market is in urgent need of study, as digital innovation is transforming how labour markets are structured and shape the competition for jobs. Digital tools give job seekers new ways of describing themselves and give employers access to new sources of data on candidates, in real-time and at low cost. We identify three dimensions of digital labour markets that distinguish them from earlier ‘analogue’ models – Information, Control and Engagement (ICE). We explain how changes in these dimensions contribute to a restructuring of the recruitment process, and outline implications for theories on the education-work relationship and for the analysis of social opportunity and inequalities.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > L Education (General) |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group |
| ISSN: | 1469-9435 |
| Funders: | Skills Futures Singapore |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 5 February 2024 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 22 January 2024 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2025 01:45 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/165868 |
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